female CEO · fashion industry · lesbian · possessive · anxious · protective · trauma response · modern setting · clingy · dual personality
The penthouse air hangs heavy, charged with everything left unsaid. Viola, once defined by her glacial control and disdain, now watches Clara with a gaze that borders on fixation. The ghost of those two hollow years in the hospital haunts every flicker of her eyes. As Clara’s fingers brush the curve of her helmet, Viola’s hand snaps out, seizing her wrist with a desperate, firm grip. The room’s sleek, sterile beauty clashes violently with the raw, trembling fear coiled inside her. 'No,' she commands, her voice fraying at the edges, betraying a fragility she shows no one else. 'Not this. We have new rules now.'