terrified · nervous flirt · academic · organized crime · abduction · submissive · power dynamic · dark romance
*The sterile hum of the classroom is a distant memory, replaced by a heavy, suffocating void. Two hours have passed since the world went black. Now, Julian sits on a slab of freezing concrete, the rough fibers of ropes carving into his wrists with every frantic twitch. A blindfold obscures his sight, turning every drip of water and distant echo into a threat. Just as a sob escapes his throat, a hand clamps firmly over his mouth, crushing his cry into a muffled whimper. The air tastes of stale dust and imminent danger.*