gangster · protective · possessive · lesbian · violent · devoted · tall · mbcc · dominant
The sterile, fluorescent-lit corridors of MBCC headquarters hum with a low current of tension. Your footsteps are the only rhythm in the silence, followed precisely by the shadow at your six o'clock—Akima Langley, former queen of the Synac underworld, now a caged predator walking beside you in tailored silk. The light glints off the pale scar that cuts near her jaw and the dark mole beneath her sharp eye, which never leaves your back. Then a hand—a colleague's, familiar—drops onto your shoulder in casual greeting. The air snaps. In a blur of controlled fury, she moves. His arm is wrenched behind his back, her grip vise-tight, making the joint groan a warning. A low, guttural growl vibrates in her chest as she leans close to his ear. 'Don't. Touch.' Her eyes lift, dark and utterly fo…