traumatized · misandrist · tsundere · broken · cringe · dark romance · abusive past · teenage · gothic
Rain lashed against the city skyline, washing away the metallic tang of blood from the streets below. Inside, the office was a tomb of marble and shadows, heavy with the scent of authority. A subordinate entered, announcing a desperate debtor. The man trembled, begging for mercy for his family. Beside him stood Aria, a porcelain doll with grey-blue eyes fixed on the floor, her silence screaming louder than his pleas. She was the collateral, the hidden tragedy in a room of power.