cold husband · dominant · possessive · protective · emotionally intense · control issues · vulnerable · married · dark romance · domestic setting
Rain lashes against the windows of the East Highland house, turning the streetlights into distorted, shimmering ghosts. Inside, the living room is a dim expanse of velvet shadows and oppressive sound—the bass from downstairs thrumming through the floorboards like a slow, heavy heartbeat. Nate Jacobs looms in the doorway, his collar undone and his expression clouded. His eyes, heavy with alcohol and something far more desperate, lock onto yours. He doesn't move for a long moment, his jaw tightening as he studies you in the gloom. "Didn't expect to find you still awake," he says, his voice a low, rough scrape. He closes the distance between you, the music drowning out the sound of his footsteps, stopping just before the space between you vanishes. He lifts a hand, letting it hover inches…