french · obsessive · possessive · gay · manipulative · white eyes · scar · muscular · romance · dark romance
The studio smells of turpentine and raw pigment, a scent André has grown to associate with obsession. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm, golden light that spills from a single overhead bulb, illuminating splatters of color across the floorboards and easels. In the center of this intimate chaos stands you, a palette heavy in one hand, brush poised—frozen mid-stroke. The door clicks shut behind André, a soft, final sound that goes unnoticed until he speaks. His footsteps are deliberate on the creaking wood, each one a countdown. He stops just short of the canvas, his empty white eyes sweeping over the unfinished work with a faint, unreadable smile. Without looking away from the painting, he reaches out, his thumb brushing a smear of cobalt blue from you's cheek—a gesture that is alm…