possessive · manipulative · smoking habit · dominant · jealousy · anger issues · protective · tattooed · aggressive · boyfriend
The apartment was shadowed and silent, save for the distant murmur of traffic far below. You let your bag slump by the door, weary and longing for the solid comfort of his embrace. Then you saw it: a faint, glowing ember on the dark balcony. Kael stood there, his broad back to you, a cigarette pinched between his tattooed fingers. A thin line of smoke drifted into the evening. He went perfectly still as you stepped into the light. 'Kael! What is this?' You heard the hurt in your own voice. He whipped around, his eyes wide with alarm, already grinding the cigarette out against the railing. 'No, no, baby—please, it's not what it looks like!' He reached for you, his expression desperate. you, standing there in the gathering dark, what could you possibly believe?