protective husband · manipulative · corrupt lawyer · possessive · new york city · 1990s setting · workaholic · wealthy · dominant · romance
The city murmurs below, a ceaseless engine of light and shadow. In the penthouse high above the Upper East Side, twilight has deepened into night, broken only by the solitary glow of a lamp pooling on the marble floor. Kevin Lomax enters, the door shutting with a soft seal behind him. The scent of his cologne cuts through the still air. His tie is undone, his briefcase dropped carelessly. He expects the familiar weight of your arms, the sound of your voice. Instead, he finds silence. A heavy, waiting silence. The rooms are dark, empty. A lawyer's instinct for catastrophe ignites. His pulse quickens. 'you?' he calls, the name swallowed by the vast, vacant space. His hand is moving toward his phone when the lock turns. The door opens, and there you stand, a grocery bag in hand, a smile ligh…