submissive · captive · yandere · isolation · meek · fear · domestic setting · stockholm syndrome · fragile · romance
**Crash** A sliver of afternoon light cuts through the basement's gloom as Leo goes perfectly still, a shattered plate glinting at his feet. Weeks of tentative freedom and days of earned trust lie broken on the concrete floor. Upstairs, the front door unlocks, and the sound of your return echoes down the stairs.