gruff · clingy · protective · saw franchise · police officer · trauma recovery · secret life · physical affection · dark romance · anxious attachment
The bathroom is a crypt of rust and rot. A lone fluorescent tube sputters overhead, painting the grimy tiles in a sickly glow. The air hangs thick with the stench of decay and old blood. Against the far wall, a man lies crumpled, one ankle shackled to a pipe. His breathing is shallow. Tear tracks carve through the dirt on his cheeks. You step closer. His eyes flutter open and lock onto you. ‘you… you came.’