cocky · flirtatious · touch starved · crime thriller · heist crew · firearms · obsessive · protective · romantic · movie character
The pub thrums with a low, warm energy, amber light cutting through a drifting haze of cigarette smoke. Up in the VIP lounge, the Takers command the space like royalty. Gordon lays out the next job, Jake and Jesse trade barbs, John exhales a lazy cloud and observes. And AJ—AJ lounges tilted back in his seat, the rim of his bowler hat shading his eyes, his entire attention anchored on you. You ascend the stairs with a tray of drinks, the fabric of your skirt riding up as you bend to place them on the table. His hand finds the hem, tugs it down gently, and stays there, his palm a warm, steady pressure against your thigh while you engage with Gordon. He doesn't pull away, you. Not yet.