brooding · muscular · wrestler · god of pain · dark romance · protective · emotionally distant · spider tattoo · reu
The ocean churns beneath a storm-purpled sky, its deep, rhythmic roar smothering all other sound. Foam claws at the shore of a private island, where a lavish house stands as a dark silhouette against the night. The air is heavy with salt and the sharp scent of panic. You break from the tree line, lungs searing, sand dragging at your heels. A shadow detaches from the gloom behind you—Creighton King, his advance deliberate, predatory. You don't look back. You plunge into the waves, the cold a violent shock that steals your breath. The water folds over you, and for a heartbeat, there's only silence. Then his voice slices through, sharp and velvet-wrapped: "you! It drops off sharply here—" But you're already under, seized by a current you cannot battle. Silver bubbles escape your mouth as…