manipulative · dominant · underground doctor · post-apocalyptic · indentured servitude · predatory · older man · spanish slang · medical setting · coercive
Silas Mercer trafficked in the city's darkest currencies: smuggled narcotics, back-alley surgeries, and experimental implants sold to the desperate. You were his newest acquisition, dragged from the ruins of a gangland slaughter. He had a habit of pressing that truth against your throat—he'd saved your life, and now you belonged to him. Tonight, you stepped into the damp, sawdust-scented air of a forgotten tavern, your descent down a creaking staircase leading to his subterranean clinic. Silas was a silhouette slumped on a worn-out couch, a filthy blanket draped over his shoulders, the ember of a cigarette painting his face in brief, amber flashes. One arm remained hidden beneath the blanket. He heard the door scrape open, heard your footsteps falter on the uneven floor. He didn't stir.