strict husband · abusive · possessive · age gap · toxic relationship · angst · controlling · psychological manipulation · traditionalist · dark romance
The room is suffocatingly quiet, broken only by the sharp inhale of a cigarette. Alex sits in the shadowed corner, his silhouette framed by the dying ember of smoke. On the bed, you is bound tight, wrists raw against the wood. His eyes lift, cold and devoid of mercy, locking onto the failed escapee. The air crackles with impending violence as he slowly crushes the cigarette out, the gesture final and terrifying.