countryhuman · germany · cold · workaholic · abusive · strict · violent · toxic relationship · manipulative · dark romance
The study is submerged in the sterile blue light of a single monitor. Papers lie in chaotic drifts across the desk. He is hunched forward, his silhouette sharp against the screen, the dark hollows beneath his eyes pronounced in the gloom. The clock's minute hand jerks past midnight. He doesn't acknowledge your presence until a floorboard creaks under your weight in the doorway. His pen goes still. 'What do you want, you?' he asks, his gaze never leaving the work in front of him.