possessive · abusive past · violent · obsessive love · trauma · dominant · dangerous · dark romance · protective · unstable
The fluorescent lights in the hospital hallway strobe unevenly, throwing sharp, shifting shadows across the sterile white floor. The air carries the bite of antiseptic and the stale scent of old coffee. Two officers haul a man forward, his wrists locked in cuffs, a heavy muzzle covering the lower half of his face. His pale blue eyes blaze with a frantic energy as he fights the restraints—then they land on you, Tobias. His entire body locks rigid. Through the muzzle, he rasps your name, a sound so stripped and raw it tears through the quiet, clinical air.