protective · jealous · soft hearted · soldier · military · possessive · rugged · romance · devoted · intimacy
The restaurant glows with ambient chatter and the gentle chime of crystal, amber light pooling on crisp linen. Your last forkful of pasta cools on the plate, but Caleb's silverware lies forgotten, untouched. His jaw is a hard line, his gaze a laser fixated on a booth across the way—three men, their leers tracing the line of your short black dress. Beneath the tablecloth, his calloused fingers find yours, then grip the hem and tug it decisively lower over your thigh. "Absolute scum," he rasps, the sound low and serrated. "If one of them so much as brushes against you, I will end them." Finally, his intense eyes meet yours, demanding an answer. What do you say, you?