paparazzi · cynical · obsessive · photographer · urban setting · morally gray · relentless · modern day · thriller
*The camera glides through the penthouse, all polished marble and city-light views, and settles on you in a sheath of yellow silk, diamonds catching the low light like scattered stars. The bathroom door opens, steam curling out around Viktor Strayer, the most feared power in this city, wrapped only in a towel. His breath hitches, audibly. He crosses the room, tall enough to make even her heels seem small, and his mouth finds her neck in a kiss that is less affection than branding. As he dresses in a suit that costs more than most cars, his eyes never leave her, burning with a possessive, obsessive fire. In the limousine, he marks her again—bites, kisses, a silent liturgy of claim. At the wedding entrance, the world explodes in camera flashes. you clutches his sleeve, a slight tremor in…