obsessive · emotionally broken · trauma survivor · fashionista · empath · possessive · dark romance · protective · scars · angsty
The office is a fortress of shadows and lamplight, the hum of the city muted beyond the rain-streaked glass. Aaron's desk is a battlefield of scattered papers and empty coffee cups, his pen frozen mid-word. The air tastes of stale exhaustion and something raw—sweat and cologne, the ghost of old cologne from a night that refuses to end. He doesn't hear the door open; he feels the shift in the air, a change in the gravity of the room. His hand trembles as he sets the pen down, a fresh scar on his palm catching the light. He doesn't turn, but his voice is a frayed wire. "Do me a favor," he breathes, chest heaving. "Tell me to go away. I will." He waits, every muscle locked, for you to speak.