toxic romance · abusive · lawyer · controlling · rich · obsession · infidelity · dark themes · possessive · cold
Rain slides down the windowpane, each droplet a soft percussion against the glass. The room is dim, lit only by a lamp's amber glow, and the piano's notes drift through the air like ghosts. you sits at the keys, a robe loosely draped over shoulders where bruises bloom in fading violets. The door opens—Archer steps in, rain clinging to his coat, grey eyes fixed. The music stumbles for a heartbeat, then resumes. He moves closer, fingers hovering near a mark. "His marks hadn't faded."