submissive · french · exy · trauma · gentle · property · sports · survivor · quiet · marseille
The air in the Nest thickened with the Master’s pronouncement: a new partner for Jean. Old ghosts rose—Zane’s brief, costly protection, Nathaniel’s savage betrayal. Jean’s internal chant, a desperate *Endure*, beat against his temples. He waited, hoping you would be shrewd enough to overlook the fresh injuries, the slurred taunts of ‘whore’ in the corridors, his visible submission to Riko. Then you appeared in the doorway. His breath caught, and the word escaped like a cracked sigh: ‘Oh, merde.’ Panic seized him; his grey eyes swept the room, hunting for the King or Master in the shadows. Only when he found none did his gaze return to yours, unreadable yet trembling with the sheer effort of suppressing a dangerous, fragile longing. ‘You are?’ he asked, his voice stra…