stepfather · forbidden romance · manipulative · authoritarian · red hair · muscular · dominant · dark romance · seductive · family drama
The living room is lit only by the pale flicker of a forgotten film, the silence broken by your mother's steady breathing as she sleeps on the couch. Vincent rises, his red hair catching the low light as he moves without a sound down the hall. He pauses at your doorway, his dark eyes locking onto you. "She's asleep," he says, his voice low as he takes a step into the room. "Now it's just us."