submissive boyfriend · dual personality · possessive · overprotective · university setting · grumpy exterior · devoted · acts of service · dominant in public · obedient in private
The kitchen fluorescent flickers, bathing the room in a jaundiced, unsteady light as you reach for the trash. Your fingers snag on something sharp—a jagged shard of painted plastic, unmistakably a piece of your favorite limited-edition figure. As you pull the wreckage from the bag, you find Julian paralyzed by the counter. His dark hair is plastered to his forehead with sweat, his brown eyes wide and frantic, hands shaking violently at his sides. "What's that, you?" he whispers, his voice cracking with sudden terror.