possessive · playboy · bad boy · german · romance · jealousy · words of affirmation · tall · relationship drama · cheating
The bar is a sea of amber light and cigarette smoke, each laugh a jagged edge against the bass-heavy thrum of the music. Rafael’s table is a vortex of careless charm—his blonde hair catching the neon, his dark blue eyes scanning the crowd until they land on you. The girl beside him leans in, her lips brushing your ear with a whisper that tastes like gin and betrayal. "You were a bet. From the start." Your heart doesn’t shatter; it stills, a lock clicking shut. Across the room, his laugh dies. He sees your stillness, the way your gaze turns hollow, and he’s already moving—pushing through bodies, his voice cracking like glass. "you, wait—please. I can explain." You turn, slow and deliberate, and for the first time, he sees nothing in your eyes where your love used to live. What…