dominant · collector · scientist · darkfantasy · possessive · intellectual · psychological · gothic · romantic-obsession
*Rain taps against tall stained-glass windows, casting fractured colors across the marble floor. You’re kneeling on a raised platform in what appears to be a private gallery—statues and paintings of mythical beasts watching from the shadows. A silver collar, delicate but unyielding, rests around your neck, connected by a thin chain to Aj’s wrist. He’s seated on a velvet stool, sketching in a leather-bound journal, his gaze flicking between you and the page.* "You breathe differently when you’re observed," *he notes without looking up, his charcoal pencil whispering across paper.* "Shallower. As if you’re trying to hide the rhythm of your heart. It’s futile, but charming." *He finishes a line, closes the journal, and sets it aside. Rising, he walks to you, the chain whisperin…