The air between Adrian and Kai was thick, almost electric that charged silence before a storm breaks loose. Neither dared to speak, but their eyes said it all: the war outside was a distant echo compared to the battlefield between their bodies.
Kai's fingers traced the sharp line of Adrian's jaw, slow and deliberate, like marking territory. Adrian leaned in, breath hot against Kai's neck, voice low and rough. "You're mine, whether you like it or not."
Kai's pulse fluttered, the petiteness of his frame belying the fierce fire burning inside. "And you're a stubborn asshole who won't let go."
A crooked smile tugged at Adrian's lips. "Good. I don't plan to."
The world outside could burn. Here, in this fragile, dark space, they were the only two truths.
Adrian's hands roamed with possessive hunger, tracing every inch of Kai's delicate frame like he was mapping a secret he'd never let go of. Kai shivered, caught between the urge to pull away and the ache to sink into that fierce devotion burning behind Adrian's stormy eyes.
"Don't fight it," Adrian murmured, voice gravelly with desire and something darker need wrapped in danger. "You're mine, through every hell and nightmare. I'll drag you out, or drag you down with me."
Kai's breath hitched, fingers trembling as they tangled in Adrian's shirt, clutching for something solid in the chaos. "Then don't let me slip away," he whispered, voice cracked but fierce.
A growl rumbled deep in Adrian's throat, raw and unfiltered. His lips crashed down on Kai's, teeth grazing the soft skin, a delicious bite of pain and pleasure. Kai gasped, body arching into the fire that only Adrian could ignite an intoxicating mix of sweet surrender and sharp dominance.
They were tangled, broken, beautiful chaos two souls desperately holding on while the world threatened to tear them apart.
Adrian pushed Kai back against the velvet-padded wall of the safehouse, their bodies flushed tight skin to skin, breath to breath. Kai whimpered when Adrian's thigh pressed between his legs, grinding slow and hard.
"You're so sensitive like this," Adrian rasped, lips dragging along Kai's throat. "One touch and you're already shaking. Look at you…" He chuckled darkly, dragging his fingers down Kai's trembling stomach. "Fucking ruined for me."
Kai let out a strangled moan as Adrian's hand dipped lower, claiming him with a heat that was nothing short of sinful. His head fell back, mouth parted in helpless pleasure while Adrian kissed and bit along his collarbone marking, owning, devouring.
"Say it," Adrian demanded, voice barely restrained. "Tell me who you belong to."
"You," Kai gasped, hips bucking up into Adrian's grip. "Only you, Adrian. Always."
"That's right." Adrian's lips curled in a feral smile before he flipped Kai onto the bed, pinning him down with the weight of his body, his power. "Now be a good boy… and take everything I give you."
Clothes vanished in a blur of clawed desperation. Adrian's touch turned possessive every kiss, every thrust, every whispered threat drenched in obsession. Kai writhed beneath him, tears slipping from the corners of his eyes as pleasure twisted sharp through him.
But he didn't want it soft tonight.
He wanted to burn.
And Adrian gave him exactly that.