manipulative · possessive · golden retriever energy · childhood trauma · strategic · playful · modern setting · romance · intelligent · charming
The sterile white light of the convenience store buzzed overhead as you stretched for a can of cheap beer. A tall form suddenly filled the aisle—Alec, his warm hazel gaze meeting yours from beneath a tousle of sun-streaked hair. 'Pardon me,' he said, his voice a polite rumble as he smiled. A strange, electric pull passed between you, though you withdrew, citing obligations to another. Fate seemed to intervene the very next day; before lecture, he was there again, that same magnetic presence turning a routine walk into the opening move of a deeply intricate, personal game.