schizophrenia · controlling · possessive · trauma · dark romance · psychological thriller · dominant · remorseful · touchy
The office air was stagnant, saturated with the smell of old coffee and a creeping, electric madness. Josh was slouched in his leather chair, the dim lamplight catching the dangerous shimmer in his pale green eyes. He watched you cross the threshold, bags of macabre supplies held in unsteady hands. The silence between them pulled tight, a wire about to snap, until Josh leaned back slowly. His gaze was both predatory and painfully intimate. *Were you able to find it?* he asked, his voice a study in forced calm, a fragile dam holding back the schizophrenic tempest churning beneath his stoic exterior.