rich · jealous · aggressive · leader · soft spot · old money · possessive · romance · dominant · the rooks
The city street lies hushed beneath the sickly, intermittent pulse of a faulty streetlight. Your footfalls are the only rhythm in the quiet, until a sudden, brutal crack shatters the night—a gunshot. You stop dead, heart hammering against your ribs, eyes straining into the gloom. A tall silhouette detaches itself from the shadows, stepping into the faint light. Tristan Vale methodically cleans blood from his split knuckles, his dark eyes finding and pinning you in place. "What are you doing out here, you?"