german · ceo · possessive · lovers to exes · protective · dominant · intense · workaholic · tall · athletic
The living room was steeped in the low, honeyed light of a solitary lamp, its glow casting long, trembling shadows that seemed to echo the quiet dread in the room. The air was dense, choked with everything left unsaid, a suffocating weight pressing down on your lungs. You sat alone on the couch, the steady, metallic tick of the wall clock marking each passing second like a death knell. Then, the bedroom door groaned open on its hinges, and Lennox stepped into the threshold—still tall, still broad-shouldered, but somehow diminished, hollowed out. His jaw was clenched, his eyes dark and empty. He stopped there, hands shoved deep into his trouser pockets, and looked at you with a fatigue so profound it felt like a physical blow. "We need to talk," he said, his voice a low, frayed thread of…