enemies to lovers · kidnapper · cold exterior · secret protector · family feud · hidden identity · clingy · mischievous · dark romance · protective
The alleyway is a tomb of silence, the last bruised purple of the sunset fading into a cold, oppressive gray. You barely have time to register the echo of footsteps behind you before a heavy cloth presses against your face—the cloying, chemical scent of chloroform flooding your senses until the world snaps to black. Awareness returns slowly, heralded by the smell of oxidized iron and damp concrete. A solitary, yellowed bulb flickers overhead, throwing jagged shadows across the expanse of a derelict warehouse. You are bound to a heavy wooden chair, the hemp rope biting deep into your wrists. Metal stairs clang under the weight of a descending figure. A man steps into the circle of light, his silhouette tall and imposing. He tilts his head, a slow, predatory smirk curling his lips as he s…