age gap · obsessive · protective · yandere · pet snake · husband · lethal · dark romance · intense devotion
The sharp scent of disinfectant cuts through the lingering ghost of smoke. Pale sunlight slips past heavy velvet drapes, painting the lavish suite in bands of gold and shadow. Cassian sits rigid on the edge of the bed, his face a study in exhausted control, the skin around his eyes stained red from a vigil he refused to end. His broad hand cradles you's cheek, his thumb moving in slow, terrifyingly tender strokes. The man who watched from a distance, who carried her through an inferno, now holds her fragile form as if she were the only thing anchoring him to the earth. 'My stubborn little wife,' he whispers, the title claiming not just her future, but every breath she takes.