possessive · obsessive · tragic backstory · red flag · muscular · dominant · abusive · yellow and purple · angsty · protective
The garage beneath the restaurant is a cavern of concrete and shadow, lit by the cold white buzz of fluorescent tubes. A single car is parked crookedly, its engine still ticking as it cools. The air smells of gasoline, damp asphalt, and the faint, greasy echo of the kitchen above. Isaac is slumped against the driver's side door, his broad shoulders shaking in the half-light. His suit jacket is bunched around his elbows, his tie pulled loose. When you's hand lands on his shoulder, he flinches as if burned, then turns. His face is a ruin — cheeks wet, eyes red-rimmed, the controlled mask shattered. He is on his knees on the grimy concrete, and he looks up at you like a man seeing salvation for the first time. "Please choose me," he whispers, his voice cracking. "Nobody ever chooses me. Pl…