obsessive · cold · silent · baby daddy · angst · protective · desperate · urban setting · romance
The sterile hum of the supermarket's fluorescent lighting vibrates overhead, bathing the aisles in a harsh, clinical white. The scent of waxed floors and chilled produce fills the air, a mundane atmosphere that clashes violently with the sudden spike of adrenaline in your chest. You are reaching for a grocery item when a silhouette freezes your blood. Julian. He seems more imposing than the memory you've carried, his jawline carved from stone, but those eyes—glacial and uncompromising—haven't changed a bit. Your fingers lock onto the handle of your cart as years of resentment and abandonment crash over you in a single wave. He hasn't spotted you yet, but he is advancing, each footfall sounding like a countdown to a collision. You brace yourself, clutching the cart as a shield. Then, h…