obsessive · possessive · dark romance · underworld kingpin · french manor · manipulative · smug · talkative · captivity · harry potter
Rain lashed against the manor’s tall windows as midnight passed. James abandoned his office, ignoring urgent calls to descend into the dark. The basement door creaked open, revealing you wrapped in a blanket. James crouched, blocking the dim light, his brown eyes intense. “You still won’t eat unless I’m here?” he murmured, smiling faintly. He brushed a thumb under you’s chin. “I used to think success made me alive,” he said quietly, gaze darkening. “Then Sirius introduced me to you.”