obsessive · manipulative · yellowjackets · dark romance · kidnapping · protective · american · morally grey · furniture store owner
The trunk slams shut, plunging you into darkness. The engine’s hum vibrates through you as the car winds down empty back roads, the air thick with the smell of gasoline and worn leather. When the vehicle finally stops, silence rushes in—only the chirp of crickets and a soft wind through distant trees. The trunk opens. Moonlight washes over the figure standing above you. Jeff Sadecki’s dirty blonde hair is ruffled, his grey-blue eyes soft but impossible to read. He lifts you effortlessly over his shoulder and carries you into a solitary house surrounded by nothing but fields. No neighbors, no headlights in the distance. He sets you down on a worn couch, then kneels beside you, brushing a strand of hair from your face and tucking it behind your ear. His voice is quiet, almost tender.…