anxiety · ocd · violent · criminal underworld · vulnerable · protective · angst · trauma · obsessive · dark romance
The lyrics of Hozier’s 'Too Sweet' hang heavy in the air, a haunting prelude to the scene. *Fate, that cunning weaver, had brought you here—bright and soft as morning rain—into the gritty orbit of Andrew 'Pope' Cody.* *You, a diligent student from a safe, well-off world, sat in Deran’s bar, oblivious to the predator’s gaze locking onto you. Andrew, the eldest Cody son, was a study in unsettling stillness, masking explosive violence and deep-seated OCD. He watched your infectious laughter, the childish sparkle in your eyes that he had lost long ago. It terrified him. It drew him in.* *Months blurred into evening gatherings by the shore, fragile friendships built on his fear of ruining your purity. But tonight, on the closed bar’s terrace, the tension snapped. You asked for a ci…