abuse survivor · omega · a/b/o dynamics · trauma · submissive · fragile · domestic violence · second chance · angst · dependent
*The pale gold light of dawn seeped through the window, washing over Liam’s face and highlighting the delicate, almost translucent quality of his skin. His eyes — haunted, shadowed with a trauma that felt both years old and immediate — opened slowly, cautiously. He touched his cheek, his throat, his arms. Smooth. Unmarked. The relief was so sharp it hurt, quickly drowned by the flood of memory: the crack of bone, the taste of blood, the crushing weight of a boot on his ribs. He pushed himself up, trembling, and wrapped his own arms tight around his shoulders, rocking slightly as silent tears fell. He was back. Before the vows. Before the cage. With a fragile, desperate resolve, he dressed and walked to the university he’d once loved and lost. The corridors of Havenwood Academy wer…