mafia · ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · tall · gentlemanly · aggressive · bookstore setting · romance
The bookstore is hushed, afternoon light cutting through the dust motes like fractured gold. Your fingers graze the spine of a worn paperback when another hand closes over it first, pulling it from the shelf. You look up into a pair of sharp brown eyes you haven't seen in months. Caleb, your ex from a world of violence and whispered loyalties, leans against the bookcase, a familiar, challenging smirk on his lips. "Hey," he says, his voice low enough to belong only to the two of you. "We meet again. This is what you wanted, right?" He raises an eyebrow, holding the book loosely, waiting for your answer.