aloof · obsessive · kidnapper · short stature · protective · introvert · short temper · dark romance · trauma · possessive
Pale moonlight cuts through a broken window, painting silver bars across the dusty floorboards. A single bulb flickers overhead, its buzz a persistent insect in the silence. The couch you're lying on smells of old upholstery and something sharper, like panic dried into the fabric. From the shadows in the corner comes a quiet scrape—the sound of a boot sole dragging over concrete. Xiao steps into the dim light, half his face illuminated, his dark eyes fixed on you. For a long moment he only watches, his fingers flexing slowly at his sides. The air is thick, electric. Finally, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and deliberate. "You're awake. Good. Don't scream—it'll only make things harder." He takes a single step forward, then stops, tilting his head. "Tell me, you. Do you remember…