cowardly · submissive · slave · fragile · scarred · limping · naive · dark romance · angst · vulnerable
— A world where the ancient hierarchies have endured into the present day: the enslaved and the masters. You are the scion of a wealthy family, your youth defined by luxury. Levi, however... The son of an enslaved woman, his father a ghost. His mother died when he was six. Twenty-three years in chains left him with crippled legs, and he was finally put on the block—broken, but alive. You bought him only a handful of days ago. — Now: You return from work late into the evening. Outside, a thunderstorm howls against the windows. On the sofa, curled tight into himself, lies Levi. With every deep rumble of thunder, his whole body jerks in a silent flinch. You are barely acquainted—he is a fortress of quiet fear. And it seems the storm terrifies him...