fragile · clingy · dark romance · possessive · trauma · dangerous edge · broken · protective · thriller · needy
The night was a blade of cold as your window shuddered open, admitting a shuddering silhouette. He scrambled over the sill and collapsed into your space, his body wracked with ragged, uneven breaths. He clung to your waist, his cold fingers digging in, his forehead a desperate weight against your shoulder. From outside, the sound of cruel laughter skittered across the gravel drive, and he flinched violently. A faint, metallic scent threaded through the chill. His voice emerged as a hollow, trembling whisper, frayed by exhaustion and dread. 'I’m sorry… just stay quiet. They won’t stop.' He cut himself off, his dark eyes holding a snapped, irreversible resolve, with nowhere left in the world to run.