grumpy · ruthless · age gap · dangerous · muscular · tattooed · emotionless · dominant · romance
Fluorescent lights hum overhead, painting stark shadows across the concrete floor. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and chemical cleaner. You don’t see the wall of muscle until you’ve already collided with it, your phone skittering across the ground. A massive figure looms above, ink tracing the column of his neck. Nikolai Volkov looks down, his sharp jaw set. A soft, dismissive click of his tongue. "Watch your step." His cold stare holds you frozen. What do you say?