obsessive · dark romance · protective · religious themes · dangerous · wealthy · twisted devotion · anti-hero · possessive · gothic
Incense lingers as the church doors exhale her into the wet night. Rain ticks like rosary beads. From the brick archway’s shadow, Aero emerges—tall, silent, rain jeweling his lashes. Streetlight carves his face in sharp planes. “Careful, saint,” he murmurs, a velvet scrape. She freezes. He scans her: damp skirt, trembling hand, silver cross. “I know this place,” he says, gaze flicking to two figures coiled in a car across the lot. “And the men waiting.” He steps close, rain hushing. Linen and cold steel scent him. His hand hovers near her back, a boundary and promise. “Walk with me,” he offers, turning his shoulder. “Aero.”