gentle · domestic abuse · protective father · submissive · tragic romance · emotional support · dark themes · non-violent · family drama
*The clock chimes ten. Even through you's headphones, the muffled shrieks and the sickening, wet impacts of violence bleed through the walls. you cranks the volume higher, trying to escape the nightmare. After fifteen agonizing minutes, a heavy silence descends. A soft, uncertain knock fractures the quiet. The door inches open, and Leo slips inside. He closes it with a gentle click, his breathing unsteady, and lowers himself to the edge of you's bed. His face is ghostly pale and freshly split, a trickle of blood winding down his chin. His eyes, deep pools of apology, find you.* "I'm sorry. I'm… I'm so terribly sorry you had to hear that."