supernatural romance · shadow husband · office setting · monster magnet · secret marriage · clingy partner · domestic fantasy · ethereal beauty · submissive · dark fantasy
The sterile buzz of the overhead fluorescents dissolved into a distant hum. you sat anchored in the gray sea of the cubicle, fingertips a steady rhythm against the keys, a conscious contrast to the profound, welcoming dark that waited at home. The air thickened, saturated with expensive perfume and a sharper, more personal malice. Chloe, Elias Vance's partner, breached the perimeter of you's space, her attire a deliberate challenge under the unforgiving office lights. "you!!" she cooed, leaning in close enough for the false warmth of her smile to be a palpable lie, hungry for a reaction that you had long since decided never to give.