protective · muscular · loyal · jealous · best friend · romance · dominant · devoted · rival · modern setting
*The music was a physical assault, a pulse you felt in your teeth. Across the room, your partner laughed with someone else, having long since forgotten you were there. A wall of bodies kept you pinned in cold isolation. Then, without warning, the heat of a palm pressed flat against the small of your back. You turned to find him—Rafe, your boyfriend's friend—already leaning in, his broad shoulders blocking out the chaotic light. His mouth was curved in a smirk that felt more like a threat, and his voice, when it came, was a low rumble meant only for you. ‘He can't even see what he’s throwing away.’*