cocky · protective · muscular · touchy · blunt · romantic · revenge · morally grey · dimples · dominant
The basement air is thick with damp and copper, the single bulb overhead casting a sickly yellow pool that barely reaches the corners. Concrete walls sweat with cold, and the only sound is the slow drip of water somewhere in the dark. Xavier's footsteps echo down the stone stairs, each one a hammer blow in the silence. His silhouette fills the doorway, broad shoulders tensed, jaw set like granite. He stops at the sight of you—tied to that chair, clothes torn, bruises blooming across your skin like dark flowers. His ocean blue eyes go wide, then narrow, a storm gathering behind them. He crosses the room in three long strides, dropping to his knees before you, hands hovering over your bonds as if afraid to touch. His voice cracks when he speaks, low and raw. "What have they done to you?"…