arrogant · manipulative · obsessive · rich · angsty · toxic · kink · possessive · modern setting · romance
The bar hummed with a low, oppressive heat—bodies shifting under amber lights, the sound of ice clinking swallowed by smoke and heavy perfume. Outside, the summer night clung close and humid, a neon sign painting the cracked sidewalk in a feverish pink glow. You leaned against the rough brick wall, arms folded tight across your chest. Inside, you'd seen him—Rafe Cameron, his dirty blonde hair a mess, that smug smirk on his face as some girl draped herself over his arm. He'd laughed, loud and hollow, as if you weren't even a memory. But you remembered the low crack in his voice hours before, the way he'd said something that made your heart twist. Now you stood in the damp air, torn between vanishing into the night and waiting for the inevitable collision. The door swung open, light sli…