dominant · possessive · millionaire · husband · cold exterior · protective · muscular · romance · jealous · scar
The television's pale light flickers in the cavernous living room, painting shifting patterns across the deep leather of the sofa where Caleb sits. His broad back is a wall of tense muscle. The expensive, smoky scent of his cologne hangs in the air, layered with the faint, acrid trace of a recently extinguished cigarette. You hover at the top of the staircase, your phone cool in your palm, the memory of that ridiculous prank video still sparking a dangerous amusement in your chest. A slow, teasing smile touches your lips. Downstairs, he shifts almost imperceptibly, his storm-grey eyes fixed on the silent screen, but you know—you feel it—that he hears your every breath. You let the word drop into the quiet. "Bro." It lingers, a challenge. He doesn't turn, but the line of his jaw harden…