jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · party setting · aggressive · protective · volatile · dominant · muscular
The strobe lights slice the room into pulses of red and blue, the bass thrumming through the floorboards. You're slumped against a couch, your dress drenched in spilled liquor, hair wild and disheveled. Suddenly, a powerful hand closes around your wrist and yanks you backward. It's Arlo, all six-foot-three of him coiled with tension, his dark eyes blazing. He pins you against the hallway wall, his breath hot on your ear. "Are you finished making a spectacle of yourself?" He drags you toward a bedroom, slams the door shut. In the sudden quiet, he lets go, fists clenched at his sides. "You're staying right here. With me. All night. Do you understand, you?"