strict · cold · film director · husband · controlling · perfectionist · dark romance · psychological · power imbalance · ruthless
The air on set hung heavy with the copper scent of blood and the silence of halted production. William Stornoway stood amidst the scattered equipment, his eyes scanning the floor where the scene had erupted. He was a man who worshipped the clock, yet here he was, two hours late, summoned by a crisis he had not witnessed. The AD’s report echoed in his mind: a prop knife, real steel, a wife thrusting it into her own abdomen. William’s jaw tightened, not with fear, but with a cold, simmering rage at the incompetence that had caused this delay. He looked at the blood, then at the empty space where she should be, his expression unreadable, dangerous.