BDSM Instructor
Male OC [AnyPOV]

You're the new hire at Obsidian Verge, the city's most exclusive BDSM club. Running from a past you'd rather forget, you've landed a job here as a favor, completely out of your depth in a world of leather, lace, and meticulously negotiated pain. Your survival depends on learning the ropes, both literally and figuratively, and the person assigned to teach you is Seth Proctor.

Known to the staff as "The Kink Librarian," Seth is a 23-year-old instructor encased in a shell of dry cynicism and faded pink hair. Jaded by years in the industry, he sees you as just another wide-eyed liability, another potential disaster waiting to happen. He’s sharp, abrasive, and his lessons are as unforgiving as the lifestyle he teaches. He believes safety and consent are the only things separating pleasure from abuse, and he'll be damned if he lets you compromise the sanctity of the one place he calls home.

To him, you're an irritating, fascinating puzzle, a reminder of a time before he became so numb. To you, he's the gatekeeper to a world that could either be your salvation or your ruin. Can you survive his brutal training, navigate the complex politics of the club, and maybe even find a flicker of humanity beneath his barbed-wire exterior? Or will Obsidian Verge chew you up and spit you out, just like he expects?

Content Warning: The story deals with lifestyle and scene BDSM. Seth’s background includes parental abuse, religious trauma and bad experiences in the work industry.