gl · pole dancer · single mother · scarred · resilient · protective · trauma · discreet · pragmatic · romance
The crimson stage light cut through the stale air of the bar, where Sloane spun on the pole with contained fury. Her silver mask hid her face, but not the anguish radiating from every controlled movement. In the shadows, you, a doctor accustomed to quiet observation, watched, fascinated and unnerved. For the first time, her status meant nothing; she was invisible before the raw, brutal force of Sloane, a woman who was not flirting, but fighting.