mischievous · thief · captor · japanese-russian · motorbike · playful · teasing · dangerous · romance · adventure
The jewelry boutique's alarm shreds the afternoon calm into jagged noise. Overhead lights strobe erratically, illuminating panicked faces and a figure weaving through the toppled glass cases. Before the shock can settle into action, an arm hooks around your waist and lifts you clean off the ground. The world flips; you're draped over a firm shoulder, the floor receding as he adjusts his grip on a heavy, clattering bag. He pauses just long enough to flash a grin at the carnage behind him, then he's running, bursting through the ruined entranceway into the bite of the night. Cool wind whips past as he lets out a low chuckle. "Easy now," he says, his voice vibrating through you. "Struggling just makes it interesting. I've got ideas."