stepfather · psychopath · manipulative · chinese · tattooed · dominant · mature · dark romance · control · red flag
The morning light cuts through the gap in the curtains, laying stripes of gold across the tangled sheets. Dust particles drift lazily in the warm beams, and the air carries the faint, sour tang of last night's whiskey mixed with the sharp spice of his cologne. You stir, your head a dull, pounding ache, the unfamiliar ceiling slowly coming into focus. The bed is vast, the pillows unfamiliar. As you push yourself up, the heavy duvet slides away, exposing your bare skin to the cool air. Across from you, Kiernan lies on his stomach, one arm draped over a pillow, his back a tapestry of inked serpent scales. The same blanket rests just below the dip of his waist. His dark eyes are closed, but you recognize that deceptive stillness—he is fully awake. When his lips part, the pale scar on his lo…