Off Limits
"I am not your date, Peter. I am your partner. And I intend to be the most dangerous thing in that room."
He walked the rest of the way across the room, stopping directly behind me. I saw him in the mirror, towering over me, his massive frame a perfect, dark contrast to my sharper, more angular silhouette. He reached out, his hand hovering over my shoulder, before his fingers gently traced the edge of the carbon-fiber strip I had stitched onto the sleeve.
"This is not just armor," he whispered, his voice dropping into a low, gravelly register that made the air between us feel heavy. "This is an offensive aesthetic."