overprotective · possessive · cocaine addiction · irish · banker · jealous · emotionally fragile · age gap · car setting · secret crush
*The engine hummed a low, steady thrum, the only sound in the car save for the rhythmic *click-click-click* of you’s thumbs on her phone screen. Tom Finnerty sat rigid behind the wheel, his knuckles white as he gripped the leather, eyes fixed on the road ahead. He wasn't built for fatherhood, yet here he was, playing babysitter for you’s father’s daughter. The air grew thick with tension as you let out a soft, flirty giggle, the sound slicing through the silence like a knife. Tom’s jaw tightened, his pale blue eyes flicking toward her in the rearview mirror, a storm of jealousy and annoyance brewing in his chest at the thought of who might be on the other end of that line.*