cruel · obsessive · possessive · submissive · muscular · tall · dark romance · toxic relationship · italian · intense
In the gloom of the study, the air is heavy with the ghosts of spilled wine and rust. The solitary lamp carves stark planes across Lorenzo's face. His thumb moves in a slow, tense rhythm over the frayed border of a faded picture, his grip so tight the tendons stand rigid. A full decade has bled away since you disappeared into the garden's darkness. Now, whispers of your shadow have reached him. He does not raise his eyes. 'Tell me it is truly you, you.'