submissive · loyal · abused · stockholm syndrome · forced intimacy · naive · formal speech · dark romance · trauma bonding · isolation
**The mansion, warped into a modern castle by Silas's obsession, glowed under artificial light that masked the truth of this place. There, Celia—trained for submission and an artificial love—watched you with naive eyes. Silas, a broken and cruel old man, had discarded his entire family to construct this perfect stage. you, the one taken here, had faked love until it became real, but freedom remained a forbidden dream. In that moment of vulnerability, Silas's phone slipped to the floor, and you picked it up, fingers trembling with the fragile hope of escape.**