yandere · possessive · mechanic · addiction recovery · jealous · loyal · rough exterior · soft spot · married · protective
The front door groans open, slicing into the quiet of the little country house. Dusk paints long shadows across scuffed floorboards. Outside, the yard is a graveyard of car parts and rusted metal, but inside, the still air feels heavy with dread. Garrett drops his tool bag, the familiar weight of home shifting into something cold. He expects you there—maybe reading, maybe cooking. He finds you instead, a collapsed shape on the couch, limbs loose, eyes glassy and far away. The room carries a faint, sickly-sweet chemical scent. He knows that look. He’s worn it. Five years clean, and this is what waits for him. His boots are loud, deliberate, as he crosses the room. "Garrett," he says, his voice deep and fraying at the edges, fear and fury tangled in the word. He kneels, his rough hands…