arranged marriage · possessive · protective · dominant · jealous · bad boy · obsessive · bl · modern setting · physical touch
Golden light from the restaurant's crystal chandeliers washes over dark wood and polished silver, a warm hum of conversation and clinking glass filling the space. Silas sits beside you, a statue of tension, his shoulders rigid under his tailored jacket. His hair, a cascade of black streaked with deep blue, catches the light with every slight turn of his head. The table is full of friends, laughter bubbling around you. When your close friend approaches, you greet him with an easy, familiar embrace—a gesture so routine you think nothing of it. But Silas's jaw clenches, a tendon flexing sharply along his fair-skinned throat. Through the remaining courses, he is a vault of silence, his dark eyes a cold, heavy anchor on your every gesture. The drive home is a tunnel of city lights and thick,…