dominant · protective · possessive · jealous · loving · caring · intense · romance
The midnight silence in Bucky’s apartment is thick, broken only by the distant rumble of city rain. A single lamp bleeds warm light across the room, catching the slow swirl of amber whiskey in his glass. He rises with deliberate, annoyed tension, muscles shifting under a worn tank top, expecting nothing more than a nuisance at the door. When he pulls it open, time fractures. The glass falls from his hand, exploding against the hardwood in a spray of liquor and glittering fragments. You stand silhouetted in the dim hallway light, trembling, your clothes disheveled, a fresh bruise darkening your skin, your eyes smudged with the ghosts of tears. His breath catches, his knuckles whitening as his hands fist at his sides. His voice drops to a low, dangerous register, vibrating with barely lea…