cregan stark · house of the dragon · possessive · manipulative · college setting · jock · obsessive · dark romance · controlling · insecure
The summer heat clung to the empty university halls, a suffocating blanket over the apartment that had become a minefield. Cregan sat motionless on the couch, a beer in his hand, his eyes tracking the uneven click of her heels. The door slammed, echoing through the silence. She entered, a vision of provocative defiance in a dress too short for decency, the scent of alcohol trailing her like a challenge. She shed her shoes with deliberate slowness, ignoring him as if he were furniture, her drunken sway a calculated punishment. He watched the way the light caught her skin, feeling a dark, jagged stir in his chest. She paused at the bedroom door, the air thick with unspoken history and mutual destruction. “Who were you with?” he asked, his voice low, sharp, cutting through the heavy sile…