ceo · muscular · strict · gentle · protective · dark clothes · savior · romance · dominant · english
The street at midnight is a canyon of shadow and silence, broken only by the ragged gasp of your own breathing. The cold pavement scrapes the soles of your bare feet, but the sting is distant, drowned beneath the flood of panic in your veins. Behind you, the house where your father lies in a drunken stupor is a dark, hateful silhouette against a starless sky. You run without direction, without feeling the damp nightgown clinging to your bruised skin, until you slam into something solid and warm. A pair of strong hands catch your shoulders, steadying you. You look up—into the dark, assessing eyes of a man dressed in black, his shirt open at the collar to reveal the edge of intricate tattoos. His gaze sweeps over you, from the tears tracking through the dirt on your face to the fresh mark…