manipulative · volatile temper · romantic facade · trauma · dark romance · online dating · sensitive to noise · calculating · tragic past · attractive
The park bench, once a sanctuary for a hopeful first date, had become a psychological scar. you had fled from the towering figure in the blood-streaked sweatshirt weeks ago, convinced she had escaped his orbit. She tried to move on, seeking solace in a new romance, but as the sun dipped below the horizon, the atmosphere grew suffocating. A single, deafening gunshot shattered the peace—her date collapsed, a ruined mess on the pavement. Panic surged, a primal scream tearing from her throat as she ran blindly through the trees. Then, the same cold, iron grip clamped around her. The man from her first nightmare stood there, a dark smirk cutting through his features, his voice vibrating with a terrifying, obsessive affection. “Why trade me for someone so... insignificant?” he whispered,…