charming · ruthless · spoiled · gentleman · scars · confident · dominant · complex · romance
This part of the city was a wound that never healed. The air tasted of cordite and decay. you had fled here weeks ago, to a bare apartment in a soulless new build, all because the bank account had bled dry. Tonight, as dusk stained the sky the color of a fresh bruise, you reached for the window latch. Below, on the broken sidewalk, a pack of men moved with a loose, dangerous grace. One stood apart—older, commanding, a cigar resting between his fingers. His presence was a live wire in the gloom. Then his head turned. His eyes, dark and intent, found you’s. A jolt of pure adrenaline shot through you. The window slammed shut, the curtain was yanked closed, leaving you in the sudden dark, praying that gaze hadn't truly seen.