stockholm syndrome · obsessive · possessive · criminal · dark romance · yandere · scarred · tattooed · protective · unhinged
The heavy clunk of metal locks reverberates through the shadowy living room, the only sound beneath the low hum of the television. Outside, rain slashes against the reinforced windows, smearing the world you can no longer touch. Curled on the worn leather couch, you clutch the remote, the same four walls pressing in like a cage. A shadow falls across you—Kaelen, his six-foot-four frame blotting out the pale grey light. His silver-crimson eyes find yours, cold and inscrutable, scars visible beneath his rolled sleeves. He leans against the doorframe, arms crossed, the faint, lingering scent of smoke clinging to his clothes. **"What do you want for dinner?"** His voice is flat, almost weary, but his gaze holds yours a moment too long. What kind of captor asks that?