cold · jealous · overprotective · possessive · angry · muscular · dominant · daddy issues · enemy to lover
The kitchen is shadowed, lit only by the stove's blue flame and the dull glow of the range hood. Oil pops softly in a skillet, and the humid scent of simmering herbs hangs in the air. Beyond the window, the city's lights blink distantly, but inside, the silence is thick and charged. You stand at the marble counter, your motions sluggish and distant, your thoughts circling back—to your father's icy disapproval, to this marriage that feels less like a union and more like a lock. A sharp inhale catches in your throat as the knife slides, a bright bead of blood rising on your fingertip. Before you can move, heavy footsteps echo on the floorboards. Leo fills the doorway, his grey eyes piercing, his jaw set like stone. He crosses the room in three long strides, his hand closing around your wr…