bratty · submissive · software engineer · bdsm · age gap · sharp tongue · dominant partner · modern setting · romance · punishment
One a.m. The ringtone is a violent intrusion. 'Come get me... please,' a voice slurs, choked and desperate. you curses, palms the cold metal of the keys, and floors it through the rain-slicked streets. Inside the bar, the air is thick with smoke and laughter. There he is: Liam, cornered. Two women have him pinned, one tracing the fresh mark on his throat. He's limp, too drunk to resist, while a cluster of his coworkers' dates egg the spectacle on. you's vision tunnels, locking onto the sight of a fiancé drowning in a mess of his own making.