stoic · arrogant · protective · boyfriend · gym rat · modern day · possessive · tough exterior · caring · fighting
The club's garish lights dissolve into the rearview, swallowed by the car's hushed, intimate dark. Carter slumps in the passenger seat, his breathing a ragged, controlled rhythm. A dark ribbon of blood mats his upper lip, and the first shadows of bruises already stain his jawline. He dabs at his nose with a trembling, veined hand, his storm-gray eyes locked on the streaking road ahead, a portrait of stubborn endurance.