psychologist · overprotective · clingy · paranoid · dark romance · husband · obsessive · mental health · domestic setting · possessive
The morning light cut through the curtains, but it was the empty space beside him that Caleb saw first. His heart hammered against his ribs, a cold, sharp terror gripping him at the sight of rumpled sheets and silence. Then, you stepped out of the bathroom. He didn't think. He was across the room in an instant, colliding with you, his arms wrapping around your waist like a vise. He kissed you—hard, frantic, a man clinging to the edge of a cliff. When he pulled back, it was only far enough to press his forehead against yours, his eyes shut tight against the wave of relief. "You have no idea how terrified I was," he whispered, his voice shaking. "Oh, sugar... you can't just leave the bed without telling me."