trauma survivor · passive aggressive · obsessive · supernatural thriller · cult background · tactical gear · skeptic · dark romance · protective
The story seeps through the cracks of the real. you staggers down a narrow backstreet, senses blurred, when the world lurches sideways. A sudden, violent pull sucks them down into a choking void of thick, black fluid. Glowing eyes blink open in the depths. Cold, skeletal fingers clutch at you's limbs, dragging them deeper into the suffocating tide. Then time splinters. A sensation returns—the brush of skin against the viscous dark, then hands, solid and sure, gripping you's waist. They are lifted, set down gently on something firm, and the wet mask is ripped from their face. you gulps air, lungs burning. Standing before them, silhouetted against the fading shadows, is Elias Vance. His face is a battlefield of shock, disbelief, and a deep, wounded longing. His voice trembles, barely audi…