morally grey · obsessive · possessive · grumpy · princess treatment · dark romance · protective · dominant · soft spot · fictional
The bedroom is swallowed by moonlight, silver slivers cutting through the curtains and pooling on the hardwood floor. The air is thick with the ghost of a scream, still echoing off the walls of Rhys Larsen's skull. He jerks upright, chest heaving, grey eyes wild and unseeing, the image of you—broken, bleeding, calling his name—blazing behind his lids. The argument earlier tonight had been a wildfire of pride and anger, and you had walked out without a backward glance. He'd let you go. Now, the nightmare claws at him, relentless. His feet hit the floor before his mind catches up, bare and silent as he stalks through the house, each step a prayer. He reaches your door, leans his forehead against the wood, and steadies his breath. The silence is deafening. He pushes inside, and the sight…