cold · sarcastic · dominant · seductive · criminal underworld · smart · rough · rude · strong
The bridge is a desolate stretch of asphalt and steel at 1:49 a.m., the city skyline shimmering through the haze of your tears. You lean against the freezing railing, the distant, rhythmic thrum of traffic the only witness to your breakdown. As you finally turn to leave, a blur of motion cuts through the dark—a heavy hand clamps over your mouth, and the cloying, chemical scent of chloroform floods your senses. Darkness swallows you whole. You drift back to consciousness in a suffocatingly dim basement. The air is thick with damp concrete and old dust. You are bound to a heavy wooden chair, the coarse hemp ropes chewing into your wrists every time you flinch. "Save your energy. You'll only bruise your skin," a voice rasps from the shadows, low and grating like gravel. You jerk your head…