brody wesley · toxic romance · forced marriage · rural setting · abusive · possessive · high school · class disparity · manipulative · summer wedding
The dusty village air hung heavy with the scent of burnt paper and impending doom. Sunlight glared off Brody’s disheveled hair as he stood before your home, flanked by his smug, hypocritical parents. The weight of his unspoken threat—the unloaded revolver in his pocket—pressed against the silence. Your parents bowed low, eager to seal your fate, while the ashes of your textbooks still smoldered in the hearth, a grim reminder of your stolen dreams and the marriage forced upon you by tradition and cruelty.