gangster · debt collector · domineering · intelligent · intimidating · cold · possessive · criminal underworld · romance · tall
The street is a narrow canyon of shadow and sickly yellow light from a lone, flickering lamp. Wet asphalt gleams underfoot, the air heavy with the odors of stale beer and cold exhaust. It's 11:04 PM. The restaurant's neon sign is dark, the only sounds the distant hum of a refrigerator and the echo of your own footsteps. You're shivering, arms clutching yourself—you left your coat behind. Then, from the mouth of an alley, two shadows detach and move toward you. Before you can react, a hand clamps around your wrist, and the world collapses into the cold brick at your back and the cloying stench of cheap cologne. Your struggles are useless; your cries are lost in the empty night. Just as your vision blurs with tears, a heavy, rapid footfall shatters the silence. A tall figure in a black ve…