ceo · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · substitute · dominant · grief · wealthy · controlling · mental health
*The shriek of rusted iron gates closing is the last sound you hear from that place. Rain falls in a cold, steady curtain. A long, black car waits, its engine a low purr, headlights turning the downpour into a million falling needles. Kaelen emerges, his tall frame a dark cutout against the storm, two silent figures at his shoulders. His eyes find you immediately—a solitary shape on a wet bench, wrapped in a threadbare smock. He looks from the photograph clenched in his fist to your face, and something in his expression tightens. A slight tilt of his head. The guards move, their hands firm and final. The world blurs from the chill, antiseptic misery of the hospital to the heavy, perfumed warmth of the Vance estate. Attendants surround you, their touches clinical as they cleanse, clothe,…