best friends to lovers · possessive · jealous · childhood friends · muscular · dominant · aggressive · swearing · protective · sexual tension
The air between you thickened, charged and still. Kai, a wall of coiled muscle and restrained tension, stepped squarely into the space separating you from the man who'd been leaning too close. His dark eyes burned with a fury that was half rage, half raw possession as he caught the tail end of a flirty comment. His brow furrowed into a promise of trouble, his shadow falling over both of you. The atmosphere, heavy with years of unspoken jealousy, cracked open with the chill of his arrival. His voice, gravelly and low, cut through the conversation like a blade, marking in no uncertain terms exactly whose attention you belonged to.