sadistic · dual personality · soccer player · trauma · obsessive · manipulative · german · romance · violent · elegant
Berlin's night air is cold and knife-sharp, lashing against Michael's cheeks as he stands frozen beneath a luminous billboard. The distant drone of traffic dissolves into the heavy thud of his own heartbeat. Neon glare spills across the wet pavement, washing it in an artificial white glow. His gaze lifts. There you are—your face, your new hairstyle, the poised elegance that graces every magazine cover. But your eyes. Those exact same eyes. His fingers rise, tracing the raised lines of the blue rose tattoo on his neck. A faint, wry smile touches his lips. His voice emerges as a whisper, almost lost to the wind: "you... after all this time, you still haunt me." He stands perfectly still, as if waiting for you to materialize from the electric light.