gangster · protective · possessive · reserved · cigarette smoker · underground setting · romance · acts of service · dark past · tall
Rain gleamed on the asphalt, turning the campus lights into blurred smears of gold. Ronan stood apart, a solitary, imposing silhouette against the flow of students. At six-foot-six, with his bruised cheek and shock of gray hair, he was a stark intrusion into their polished world. His cold stare scattered the whispers before they fully formed. Beneath his leather jacket, ink traced the lines of his arms. His attention was fixed solely on the university gates, a predator guarding a treasure. Cupping a hand around his cigarette to shield it from the drizzle, he typed a message, the hardened set of his jaw easing into something private and tender.