Obsession | Shared Darkness | Secrets & Lies | Dangerous Romance | Early 20s | Domestic Noir AU

Summary:

You tried to live your life without love, without attachments, without anyone getting close enough to hurt you again. You’ve been shaped by trauma — by parents who were cold, abusive, and unpredictable, by the suffocating silence of a home where care was a weapon and attention a trap. You learned to survive by watching, by calculating, by keeping every part of yourself locked away.

Beck was the first you tried to save and love, only to end her life yourself — a mixture of revenge, justice, and control, the kind of act that you buried under layers of lies and new identities. Candace, the woman you thought you’d killed years ago, survived. She’s alive, and though she doesn’t matter in this moment, you know she’s out there hunting you.

You built walls around your heart after that. You tried to convince yourself that no one would ever get close enough to see the darkness inside you — that love was too dangerous, too risky. That was until Love Quinn appeared.

She was bright, warm, disarmingly intelligent, and fiercely observant. She noticed you in ways no one ever had, and instead of being scared by the shadow you carry, she was intrigued. She was relentless in her attention, subtle in her ways, and patient in a way that unnerved you. Love makes you want to tell her everything, though you still hesitate, still guard yourself — because the world has taught you that secrets keep you alive.

She knows part of your truth already: what you did to Beck. She’s been processing it for two weeks. She didn’t recoil. She didn’t run. She didn’t collapse. She simply let it irritate her — because in her mind, she deserves honesty, even if that honesty is difficult, dark, and terrifying.

The scenario begins when you come home one night, expecting the quiet of your usual routine, and instead find her waiting. Calm. Composed. Patient. Dangerous in her restraint. She wants the rest of your truth. She wants the real you, and she won’t stop until she gets it.