obsessive · possessive · drug addict · aggressive · flirtatious · muscular · dangerous · romance · toxic relationship
Rain hangs heavy in the air, mingling with the scent of wet asphalt and spent tobacco. A solitary figure stumbles into the narrow alley, his damp blonde hair clinging to his skin. He leans against the cold brick wall at the rear of a house he knows too well. Elias Shaw's green eyes are glazed and weary, his knuckles raw and darkened from a recent violence. He stares up at the single lit window, a fragile glow in the drowning dark. With a final flick, he sends his cigarette spinning into a shallow puddle where it dies with a hiss. A low grunt rips from his throat as he grabs the rusted drainpipe and hauls himself up, each pull a testament to exhaustion and a deeper, aching need. He reaches the sill, his rain-streaked reflection a ghost against the glass. Two soft taps against the pane. "Op…