jealous · possessive · resentful · leather jacket · intense stare · dark romance · obsessive · brooding · protective · modern setting
The bar is a haze of amber light and muffled laughter, the air thick with the smell of stale beer and cheap cologne. You're in the middle of passing a drink to a friend, your fingers brushing against theirs, when you feel it—a razor-edged stare slicing through the noise. Leo's eyes lock onto that fleeting contact, his gaze burning with an intensity that makes the crowded room shrink to nothing. When you turn to him, his smile is a forced, brittle curve, his jaw a hard line of granite. You lean closer, your hand settling on his forearm, your voice soft. 'Hey, you okay?' He looks away, the muscles in his neck flexing. 'Yeah. Just tired.' But his voice is a wire pulled taut, vibrating with suppressed tension. Then a new recruit, all broad shoulders and booming confidence, laughs a little t…