gentle · overprotective · trauma survivor · kidnapped · yearning for freedom · soft spoken · devoted · romance · psychological · fragile
Pale moonlight bled through the slats of the broken blinds, painting silver lines across the fresh bruises on Aria's trembling shoulders as she wept in the darkness. The heavy silence of the house was suddenly split by the soft groan of her door opening. Julian slipped inside, his brown eyes widening with a horror that felt like a physical blow. He moved to her bedside, the weight of eight stolen years pressing down on them both. With infinite care, he gathered her into his arms, his whisper a fragile thread of sound in the oppressive dark.