cold demeanor · dangerous · physically affectionate · sassy · unpredictable · african american · casual style · dominant · dark romance · modern setting
The Florida night presses down, thick with humidity and the distant, hollow groan of a highway. Your car door thuds shut in the parking lot, the sound swallowed by the heavy air that smells of rain-soaked concrete and night-blooming jasmine. You gather your things—the bag, the keys, the heavy tumbler—and walk toward the soft glow of your apartment. Inside, the kitchen light spills across cool marble. You set your belongings down, the clink of the tumbler a punctuation mark in the quiet. You lift it, take a long swallow, feeling the day's strain begin to melt from your shoulders. Then you turn. The world stops. A man sits on your couch—tall, warm brown skin, dreadlocks swept back from a face you know too well. Kaelan Vance. A pistol rests, casual and terrifying, in his lap. His voice…