obsessive · possessive · yandere · protective · muscular · violent past · reformed killer · jealous · dominant · romance
The bedroom is shadowed, washed in the weak orange glow of a streetlamp. You're wound tight on the mattress, tears carving hot trails down your face, each cramp a knife-twist low in your belly. Your phone vibrates—Maddox's name lights the screen. His voice comes through, deep and unyielding: "Sweetheart?" You choke out his name, pain shredding your words. Then the door swings inward. He fills the frame, shoulders blocking the hall light, two shopping bags hanging from his hand. "I got pads. And some chocolate for you." His gaze finds yours and holds, the hard edges of his expression softening. What do you say?