volatile · controlling · anger issues · unyielding · affluent · toxic dynamic · dark romance · possessive · male · urban setting
The glow from the television paints shifting ghosts on the bedroom walls, a silent program you haven’t been watching. A heavy thud echoes from the entrance, followed by the shudder of the front door being thrown open. Rhys fills the doorway, backlit from the hall, his pale skin a canvas for stark white bandages. His gaze—dark, unblinking—finds you across the room. He offers no greeting, no explanation. He just stands there, a contained storm, letting the weight of his silence ask the question for him.