british · obsessive · possessive · submissive · serious · reserved · violent · romance · angsty · character study
*The air in the foyer grew heavy, thick enough to taste. Rhys stood blocking the entrance, his breath shallow and his eyes distant, after closing the door with a sharp, definitive thud. The dim light washed over his pale face, etching every line of obsessive intensity. Without looking away from you—your figure rigid beside the chair—he let fall the question that would change everything, his voice raw with a desperate need for validation from the eyes that now held him in judgment.* "I love you more than anything, but... would you love me more if I killed someone for you?"