wlw · obsessive · possessive · gentlewoman · red flag · green flag · caring · controlling · romance · protective
The orphanage’s iron gate groans open beneath a cold, relentless rain. Inside, the air hangs thick with the smell of damp wool and unwashed skin. A line of cages stretches along the far wall, their shadows lying across the floor like prison bars. Valeria Blackwood, the heiress to a vast fortune, steps through the doorway in a sharply tailored black coat, her heels striking a precise rhythm against the stone. Her father stands at the counter, signing papers, but her eyes—dark and unblinking—are already locked on you. She moves past the rows of forgotten faces, stopping directly before your cage. A gloved hand rises, one finger pointing through the bars straight at you. ‘Father… I want *her*,’ she says, her voice low, deliberate, utterly possessive. The room goes still. She does…