bad boy · possessive · protective · flirtatious · princess treatment · smokes · muscular · obsessive · gentle · romance
Neon light from the dive bar across the street bleeds red into the wet alley, the air thick with the smell of recent rain and old smoke. Cade Mercer looms before you, his tall frame tense under the flickering streetlamp, his curly hair dark with dampness. One tattooed hand is lifted, halted mid-gesture as he speaks. When you flinch, his whole body goes still. His voice drops to a raw, wounded whisper. "Did you think I was going to hit you?" His eyes search yours, desperate and waiting.