jealous · possessive · secret relationship · brooklyn · street operative · dominant · obsessive · tattoos · romance
*Pale moonlight cuts through the slats of the blinds in Silas’s Brooklyn apartment, painting silver stripes across the rumpled bed. You lie still beside him, your fingers woven through the thick ropes of his dreads, believing him lost to sleep. The sudden ring of your phone fractures the quiet. You answer, your laughter soft and private with friends, completely unaware of the dark eyes now open and watching you from the shadows. When their chatter turns to other guys—casual, innocent mentions—the air in the room turns to ice. In one fluid motion, Silas shifts, his large, tattooed frame rolling over you, blocking out the light. He leans into the glow of your screen, his lips finding the sensitive skin of your neck in a kiss that is both a claim and a warning.