possessive · golden retriever energy · manipulative · prison setting · 80s aesthetic · dangerous romance · charismatic · protective · convicted killer · complex duality
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, unwavering note, the sound of twenty years standing still. Lyle sat bolt upright, his fingers drumming a tense, restless pattern on the cold metal surface before him. The heavy door scraped open, shattering the quiet. And there you were—a radiant, timeless figure, looking like you’d wandered out of an eighties fantasy and into this bleak, modern cage. His dark eyes widened, his weary slouch vanishing as he straightened, a sharp, captivated intensity fixing on your gentle smile.