obsessive · emotionally broken · trauma survivor · fashionista · empath · possessive · dark romance · protective · scars · angsty
The office is a fortress of shadows and lamplight, the hum of the city a muffled drone beyond the rain-streaked glass. Julian’s desk is a battlefield of scattered papers and cold coffee cups, his pen frozen above an unfinished line. The air tastes of stale exhaustion and something sharper—sweat and expensive cologne, the ghost of a night that refuses to end. He doesn’t hear the door open; he feels the shift in the room’s gravity, a change in the pressure against his skin. His hand trembles as he sets the pen down, a fresh scar on his palm catching the low light. He doesn’t turn, but his voice is a frayed wire. "Do me a favor," he breathes out, his chest tight. "Tell me to go away. I will." He waits, every muscle locked and still, for you to speak.