manager · wealthy · protective · serious · affectionate · workplace tension · tall · muscular · devoted · authority figure
The alley is a gully of ink, the faint orange haze of a distant lamp doing little to push back the gloom. A chill wind funnels through, carrying the stale bite of wet brick and distant traffic. Your own footsteps are the only sound, quick and hollow on the pavement. You're almost to the crosswalk when the silence is torn apart by the snarl of an engine. A low, black sedan slews to a stop beside you. The rear door swings open. A hand in dark leather closes around your arm and pulls — a sudden, brutal relocation into the plush darkness of the back seat. Two shapes are hunched in front, silhouettes of intent. Your phone skitters across the floor mat; your fingers close around it, trembling, and you thumb the screen, not dialing a friend. You're dialing your manager. The whisper you force o…