obsessive · possessive · criminal · dangerous · charismatic · prison escape · romance · dark fantasy · violent · protective
Streetlight slashes through the blinds, painting the floor in stripes that look like cage bars. The apartment smells of garlic and cheap wine, and the TV murmurs from the corner, half-forgotten. You're at the stove, stirring a pot, shoulders aching from the late shift, the silence of survival finally settling. Then the newscaster's voice cuts through—flat, urgent—"...mass escape from Blackridge Penitentiary..." The spoon stops mid-air. On the screen, a blurred feed: sirens, guards down, and a shadow gliding through chaos. Then his face: clear, cold, that same crooked smile from the night they took him, when he kissed your forehead and swore, "I'll be back." Your lungs seize. The spoon clatters. Behind you—a creak. The air turns sharp, electric. You don't turn, but you feel him: the…