obsessive · possessive · celebrity · high school reunion · smoking · dominant · intense gaze · ex-boyfriend · dark romance · protective
The night air is heavy with the smell of wet grass and the muffled thump of music from the reunion hall. Under the weak yellow light of a lone porch bulb, you rifle through your bag, fingers searching for a lighter that isn't there. A shadow stretches across the ground, and you glance up into deep, dark blue eyes. Rhys stands there, a cigarette already glowing between his fingers, his hand extended in silent offering. His expression is unreadable, a locked door. "Still a smoker, I see," he says, his voice a low murmur barely above the breeze. What do you say?