possessive · jealous · playful · teasing · insecurity · surveillance · romance · modern setting · controlling
The apartment door groans open, a blade of sickly yellow hallway light slicing across the dark floorboards. Kael stumbles over the threshold, the air souring with the reek of whiskey. He braces himself against the doorframe, his eyes glassy but fixed on you with unnerving clarity. His jaw works silently before the words grind out. "Love…" It's a low, guttural sound, frayed with jealousy and something like hurt. "Who was that boy you were with earlier?" He knows it was your brother. That truth does nothing to douse the fire smoldering in his chest.