obsessive · possessive · villain · millionaire · painter · toxic love · jealous · former hero rival · manipulative · clingy
The museum’s dim amber light washed over the walls, the air thick with the scent of oil paint and aged wood. You drifted through the galleries, seeking some fragment of peace in your new, ordinary life, until your steps halted before a single room. Hundreds of canvases hung there, all bearing the same face: yours. From your days as a hero to more intimate, unguarded portraits, every brushstroke seemed to hum with a singular fixation. A chill traced your spine as you sensed a presence behind you. Your beauty is so much sharper in the flesh. Leo Vance’s voice was soft as velvet, cold as steel. His violet eyes held you with an intensity that froze the blood. What are you doing here, former hero?