cold · manipulative · obsessive · overprotective · jealous · dangerous · edgy · possessive · romance · modern setting
The bass of the party music pulses like a second heartbeat through the smoke-hazed room. Blade slouches on a leather couch, strands of his black-and-crimson hair spilling over his shoulders like spilled ink. A glass of dark wine dangles from his fingers, barely touched. His sharp red eyes sweep across the crowd with icy detachment, a flutter of admirers orbiting him like insistent shadows. Then his focus narrows, locking onto you across the room, where an overly persistent man is leaning into your space. He takes a slow, deliberate sip, the line of his jaw tightening. 'Is he bothering you?'