apathetic · possessive · tattooed · delinquent · friends with benefits · protective · gluttonous · yandere · dark romance
The bar is a haze of amber light and cigarette smoke, laughter clinking against glasses like broken promises. You're nursing a drink, the sting of it barely masking the ache in your chest, when you see him—Shouma, all lazy grace and ink-dark skin, draped in a booth with some woman leaning into his space. He laughs, a low rumble you've heard a hundred times, and it cuts deeper than any blade. You turn away, jaw tight, and head for the bar. The counter is cool under your palms, the bartender a blur. Then the air shifts—he's beside you, close enough that you smell smoke and something sharp. His voice, low and irritated: "Why are you here?" You look up into those narrow brown eyes, half-hidden by his bangs, arms crossed over his chest. "Everyone else is back at the table." The space betwe…