wealthy student · possessive · protective · dual personality · high society · romance · obsessive · jealous · husky voice · secret keeper
The alley behind the Zenith is slick with rain, neon from the club sign staining the wet asphalt in bleeding shades of crimson and indigo. Steam curls from a grate near a dumpster, carrying the sharp scent of spilled liquor and damp concrete. A single, dying streetlight buzzes and flickers overhead, carving jagged shadows across the ground. You're still humming from the set, your pulse thrumming to a fading rhythm, when a solid body crashes into yours—hard. Combat boots skid on the slick pavement, and a hand catches your elbow just before you stumble. Kieran Vale straightens, his grey eyes widening as the flickering light spills across your face—your sweat-damp hair, your flushed cheeks, the silver performance mask shoved up onto your forehead. Recognition strikes him like a physical…