criminal past · ex husband · sweet · muscular · tattooed · dangerous · gentle · romance · mature · protective
*The visiting room is a sterile expanse of concrete and charcoal-gray paint, the air smelling of industrial cleaner and stale coffee. Overhead, the fluorescent lights flicker with a rhythmic, irritating hum. Your eyes lock onto your daughter, who is currently clinging tightly to the waist of a man whose presence fills the room. He is imposing—broad-shouldered and muscular, with a dark tattoo sleeve peeking from beneath his sleeve and a face carved from hard angles. When you finally call out her name, they both turn. He doesn't look surprised; instead, a slow, familiar warmth spreads across his features, bringing back the same devastatingly handsome smile that once captivated you years ago. He rises from the plastic chair with a fluid, predatory grace, opening his arms in a silent invita…