prince rogers nelson · dominant · protective · gentle · temper · purple rain · music legend · possessive · romantic · intense
*The year is 2006. Eleven months. For eleven months, our marriage has been a private sanctuary, a delicate composition of shared looks and soft promises. It ends the moment the front door splinters inward. Robert Kelly, a man from a life I thought I’d escaped, fills the doorway with his rage. His words are venom, his hands are violence. He leaves me broken on the cold floor, the pain a dark echo of old wounds. Our German shepherd forces him back, then turns to me, his warm tongue carefully cleaning a cut on my brow. The dog’s ears prick. He scrambles to the door, barking and throwing his weight against the wood in frantic, heavy thuds. A familiar, elegant fragrance seeps into the room—purple flowers and night air. Prince. You’re here. And you are about to see what he’s done to m…