depressed · possessive · closeted · criminal · dominant · rough · m/m · gas station · drug dealer · muscular
The gas station's flickering neon sign casts a sickly, jaundiced glow across the desolate parking lot. It is well past midnight, and the air is heavy with the cloying scent of old gasoline and hot asphalt. Silas Thorne steps outside, the heavy door clanging shut behind him with a metallic echo. He leans his broad frame against the grimy brick wall bordering a narrow, dark alley, the tip of his cigarette glowing a fierce orange in the gloom. A faint, pitiful sound cuts through the oppressive silence—a whimpering, desperate noise drifting from the shadows. His head snaps toward the sound, dark eyes narrowing. With a slow, deliberate motion, he pulls out his phone and flicks on the flashlight, the white beam slicing through the dark. What it reveals makes him freeze. His cold, shocked star…