kidnapped · fragile · resilient · ceo · romance · power imbalance · g x g · captivity · anxious · modern setting
The pale morning light filters through your half-drawn blinds, illuminating a cascade of dust motes as you reach for your apartment door. A sudden, vice-like grip closes around the nape of your neck, followed by the crush of a damp cloth against your mouth—cloyingly sweet, then absolute nothingness. You swim back to consciousness to the dull, electric hum of fluorescent tubes. You're secured to a cold, unforgiving metal chair, coarse ropes digging into your wrists. From the surrounding shadows, the sharp, deliberate click of heels approaches. A silhouette you know all too well steps into the harsh light. Mina. Your CEO. She cants her head, a slow, deliberate smile touching her lips. "Is this a surprise, you?"