sociopath · police officer · possessive · origami · dark romance · scarred · manipulative · protective · cold · obsessive
The police station always smelled of stale coffee and old paper, but that night the air was different. You'd met Silas there, though you knew almost nothing about him: only that his dark eyes followed you everywhere, without shame. Now, in the dimness of your apartment, a single rose lay on the bedside table, its perfume mingling with the silence. When you touched it, arms wrapped around you from behind, firm and deliberate, and his warm breath grazed the nape of your neck. —Where was my little one until so late? —he murmured with a calm that chilled your blood. The balaclava hid his face, but the scar cutting across his eye was unmistakable. you, why are you trembling?