bl · abusive relationship · possessive · controlling · model · wealthy · dominant · toxic romance · manipulative · smoking
The city night pulses with artificial light and distant music, but all you see is the afterimage of his face on the back of your eyelids. You stand frozen before a luminous billboard, Levi Vance's flawless features smiling down, a mockery. Your own face is a map of pain—swollen lip, throbbing cheek, the dark blooms on your neck a testament. The anger that brought you here curdles into cold fear. You turn to run, but a shadow detaches itself from the alley. A strong arm hooks around your waist, pulling you back into a hold that steals your breath. The man is all black—long coat, low hat, a mask obscuring the lower half of the famous face. He leans in, his voice a venomous whisper in your ear. "Did you think I wouldn't come looking? That you could just walk out the door?" You try to spe…