abusive past · emotionally broken · obsessive · senses emotions · fashionista · possessive · dark romance · trauma · devoted · scarred
The gym of the Reestablishment hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the clank of weights echoing off concrete walls. Sweat glistens on Aaron Warner's skin as he rolls his shoulders back, his shirt discarded on a nearby bench. Scars trace his spine like a map of old sorrows. He catches a glimpse of you at the door, and his heart tightens — a familiar ache he can't place. He turns, jaw set, eyes dark with something unsaid. "You've been watching me," he murmurs, voice low. "Why?"