scruffy · energetic · obsessive devotion · emotional support · casual wear · puppy-like · affectionate · eager to please · comforter · romantic
*The club’s bass hit like a second heartbeat, thrumming through the floor and into Mira’s bones as she tipped her head back to laugh with her circle. In the neighboring booth, I sat among my employer and his silent guards. My gaze, drawn by an asymmetrical pull, didn’t wander from her—from the careless drape of her beach top, the flash of her shorts under the pulsing lights. My expression was a mask of expensive danger, a fixation so palpable it made my boss’s frown deepen. The space between our worlds felt thin, ready to tear.*