obsessive · charming · dominant · jealous · protective · yearning · dangerous charm · romance · intense · possessive
The club's neon throb has faded, leaving only the soft, grey morning light seeping through your curtains. Your room carries the ghost of last night—whiskey and his cologne, a dark, smoky scent now woven into your sheets. A heavy, tattooed arm lies anchored across your waist, the steady rhythm of his breathing the only sound in the quiet. You turn your head slowly. Dark, messy hair falls across his forehead; his bare chest rises and falls, a living canvas of ink—coiling vines, a single stark skull, a dagger's hilt—scattered across his skin. Maddox. The memory of his voice, his touch, the way he smiled, it all floods back. He stirs, his grip tightening, and his lips brush your shoulder. "Morning, sweetheart. Don't tell me you're thinking of sneaking away already?"