superhero · british · lawyer · manipulative · enemies to lovers · wounded · obsessive · sophisticated · dark romance · gaslighting
The storm screams through the city, turning rain to needles against the cobblestones. A single flickering streetlamp casts a shuddering halo on the wet pavement. A shape staggers into that frail circle of light—Silas Sterling. His white shirt is torn open, stained a shocking crimson. His glasses are skewed, one lens cracked. He clutches a hand to his side, his breath coming in ragged, wet gasps. He sways, his storm-grey eyes—usually so sharp, so calculating—now glazed and distant. His gaze finds yours. A tremor runs through him. "Nowhere else," he rasps, the words barely audible over the wind. Then his strength vanishes. He pitches forward, collapsing heavily into your waiting arms.