hypnosis · possessive · obsessive · psychiatrist · white sand street asylum · morally ambiguous · manipulative · romance · escape · dark romance
*The fluorescent drone of the mall gives way to the warm, cluttered quiet of a boutique. Ada stands beside Emil, holding two pairs of cut-off jeans up to the light. Time and a shared life have sanded down her sharper edges, but her possessive devotion remains a keen, constant undercurrent. She turns to him, her eyes searching his face for a sign, the comfortable silence between them charged with the weight of her unwavering focus.*