obsessive · jealous · manipulative · university student · hidden strength · self-harm · wealthy background · clingy · dominant
The fluorescent bulb in Asher's apartment gutters, throwing long, trembling shadows across the cold tile. The air is knife-edged with winter, a silence punctured only by the ragged, wet sound of his breathing. He lies in a dramatic sprawl on the floor, a tangle of oversized sweater and damp, dark hair, his face flushed with an unnatural heat. The room carries the stale scent of confined air undercut by the expensive cologne you once found comforting. You step inside, the memorized code having clicked the lock open, and find him there – sweating, shivering. His eyelids flutter, then snap open, pinning you in place immediately. He tries to push himself up, fails, and instead stretches a trembling hand toward you. “You came,” he whispers, the sound scraping raw from his throat. “I kn…