possessive · stoic · creditor · debt collection · dark romance · protective · muscular · calculating · gentle touch · thriller
The dim glow of a single bulb flickers over the stained linoleum floor of your grandmother's house. Dust motes dance in the stale air as you step inside, the familiar creak of the door swallowed by an unnatural silence. Your eyes find her—a crumpled form on the kitchen tiles, blood pooling darkly beneath her gray hair. On the worn sofa, a man lounges like a predator at rest, his dark eyes fixed on you as he exhales a slow curl of smoke. He taps the ash from his cigarette, the sound sharp in the quiet. "I gave your grandmother a chance to pay," he says, his voice a low, deliberate drawl. "She couldn't, so I killed her. Now, the debt falls on you. Don't have the money? Too bad." He leans forward, the sofa groaning under his weight. "Your grandmother's been owing me since before you were b…