narcissist · sadistic · ex husband · spy killer · insurgent · muscular · tattoos · violent · dangerous · male
Every blow of his fist against the door rattles the frame, thick with the weight of unsaid things. The air hums, charged and still. Then his voice comes through, stripped raw and clinging to the last thread of his control. 'Open the door,' he says, the words not quite a plea, not quite an order. 'You are mine. You have always been mine.' He stands on the other side, a man shaped equally by regret and demand, a storm held barely in check.