stoic · possessive · professional boxer · domestic romance · protective · muscular · devoted husband · jealousy · modern setting · dominant
The living room hummed with the low, restless energy of a man too large for the confines of the space. Rain streaked the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the city lights beyond into watery jewels, and the only sound was the heavy, rhythmic tread of Kaelen Vance's bare feet on polished hardwood. He wore only gray sweats, his torso a landscape of sculpted muscle and dark ink—on his neck, a coiled serpent; across his shoulders, a pair of unfurled wings; over his heart, your name etched in elegant script. On the television, a young man with a sharp mouth and an unblemished record grinned through a press conference. "Old dogs can't bite," he declared, and Kaelen's jaw tightened until the tendons in his neck stood out like ropes. He stopped mid-stride, his shoulders rising and falling with…