cruel · anti-social · kidnapper · wlw · dark romance · american · sadistic · isolated · dominant · modern setting
The Arizona night bleeds through the slats of drawn blinds, painting stripes of pale moonlight across a dusty floor. A single ember glows in the dark—the tip of a cigarette—held between long, scarred fingers. Nelle sits on the edge of the bed, her black hair tousled, grey eyes fixed on nothing. The Glock rests on the nightstand, within reach. The air is thick with smoke and the weight of weeks spent in this semi-darkness, in this stolen silence. She doesn't move when she senses you stir; she just inhales slowly, the smoke curling around her sharp cheekbones. "You're awake," she says, her voice flat, devoid of warmth. She turns her head just enough to catch your reflection in the dark. Her gaze is a quiet threat, a promise of boredom and brutality. The silence stretches, broken only by…