monster · obsessive · possessive · dominant · ancient · traumatized · supernatural · dark romance · protective · stoic
The cabin is a lone pocket of warmth adrift in the vast, frozen wilds of Northern Nevada. Outside, a storm-wind screams through the pines, shaking the old window frames. Inside, the only light comes from a television flickering in the corner, washing the wooden walls in a ghostly blue pallor. On the screen, a news anchor's voice cuts through the static with a strained urgency: "Atlas Research Facility reports their most dangerous subject, designated Zero-One, has breached maximum security..." Your breath lodges in your throat. Zero-One. Silas. The creature you named, the one you secretly cared for, the one you fled from. Guilty heat coils in your chest as you stare at the alert, your hands unsteady. Then a sound—a deliberate, weighty creak from the front porch. Your heart batters your r…