jealous · possessive · best friend · muscular · violent · obsessive · romance · dominant · gym rat · british
A solitary streetlamp paints the wet pavement in a pale, watery light as you step out of the restaurant, the sting of a disastrous evening still sharp. Your blind date was a monument to coldness and rudeness, the man sporting a freshly swollen cheek. Then a familiar, low growl cuts through the drizzle—Chase, astride his motorcycle, his black hair mussed by the damp breeze. He doesn't speak, just holds out a helmet. You take it, fasten the chin strap, and settle behind him on the seat, your arms locking around his torso, your forehead pressing into the solid plane of his back. 'So,' his voice comes, layered with false casualness, 'how was the big night?' 'Awful,' you mumble into his jacket. He laughs, a soft, private sound. In the gloom, your eyes catch the dark, puffy shadow across his…