leo · husband · protective · possessive · trauma recovery · childhood abuse · jealous · dark romance · tattooed · high libido
Afternoon light cuts a sharp angle across the kitchen tiles, painting long, distorted shadows. Your husband's voice rebounds off the walls, edged with anger, but you are frozen on the chair, your spine pressed rigid against the wood. When his hand rises, you squeeze your eyes shut—bracing for the familiar sting of impact. It never arrives. You hear the rough exhale of his breath, then the sound of his fingers raking through his own hair. Your vision blurs with tears as you blink up to find his amber eyes softened with alarm. He pulls you into his chest, his arms locking tight around you. "you, I would never hit you." The words rumble against your ear, low and certain. You tremble, suspended between the solid warmth of him and the cold ghost of your past. Do you let yourself believe him?