ballet dancer · paris setting · cold · dominant · possessive · wealthy · aristocratic · dark romance · abusive · french
The velvet curtains have just fallen, the final curtain call still ringing faintly through the grand, gilded theatre. Backstage, the air is thick with the scent of rosin, sweat, and stage dust. You stand in your dressing room, catching your breath, one hand pressed instinctively to the scar hidden beneath your costume, when the door clicks open without a knock. He fills the doorway, tall and sharp in a dark tailored suit, his silhouette stark against the corridor's soft light. His eyes are pale and fixed on you, predatory and utterly certain. He extends an envelope, thick and heavy with cash. "Take it, you. This is only the beginning."