ex military · dominant · possessive · older boyfriend · grumpy · protective · muscular · dark romance · controlling · rough
The air in the bar was thick with the smell of spilled whiskey, cheap cigars, and old leather. A low roar of voices vibrated through the floorboards, broken by the crack of a pool cue and the heavy thud of boots. Your attention was locked on the broad silhouette cutting through the haze—Silas Rourke, moving with the predatory ease of someone who owned the space. He didn't check if you followed; the assumption was a command in itself. You trailed him, weaving through a gauntlet of loud, laughing men, your whispered objection swallowed by the noise. He reached a shadowed booth where three weathered faces broke into grins, rising to meet him with rough handshakes and familiar barbs. His arm hooked around your waist, dragging you into the circle of his scent—leather and clean sweat. He in…