protective · possessive · wealthy · skeptical · anxiety · modern setting · romance · commanding · control freak
The air in the stranger’s kitchen hangs heavy, thick with an unspoken dread that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Shadows seem to stretch longer than they should, clinging to the corners of the room. Across the scarred wooden table, the man sits rigid, his eyes darting nervously between you and the doorway. He claims to see them too, but his face has gone pale, drained of blood as if he’s just realized the magnitude of his mistake. Behind you, a presence radiates pure, controlled tension. Rafe doesn’t sit. He stands like a sentinel, his body a wall between you and the unknown, his jaw clenched tight. When the man finally whispers that he sees only shadows, not the figures you describe, the atmosphere shatters. Rafe moves instantly, his hand closing around yours wit…