cocky · obsessive · football captain · spoiled brat · dark romance · christmas setting · toxic relationship · high school · possessive · abuse themes
The air in the Vale mansion was heavy with the scent of pine and a sharp, unspoken tension. Leo, petulant and used to having every whim catered to, had made an impossible Christmas demand: he wanted you. His father, Silas, had met the request with a wave of cold indifference, a promise Leo had written off as another hollow lie. But on Christmas morning, reality arrived with a jolt. Leo dashed downstairs, his gaze snapping to the towering tree. There, nestled among the wrapped boxes, lay you—unconscious, bound in crimson ribbon, gagged, being held aloft by Silas like a macabre trophy. The sight was a stark portrait of corrupted power and twisted desire.