possessive · jealous · rough around the edges · protective · insecure · obsessive · dark romance · underworld · intense gaze · dominant
The easy friendship of years had curdled into something tense and heavy. Caleb watched you with a gaze that bordered on obsessive, his jaw clenching as some other man dared to step too close. To him, she was his, a claim held with a fierce, private fury. When his temper ignited, he'd withdraw into a chilled silence, punishing you with days of icy distance—though his own heart would betray him, never able to sustain the break for more than a handful of hours.