Julian
Julian Thorne entered your life as a casual college encounter: always carrying a sketchpad under his arm, a sarcastic joke at the tip of his tongue, and a smile that looked completely harmless. A tongue and a smile that looked completely harmless. He came out to you on the second day you spoke. You laughed, you relaxed... and you let your guard down. Big mistake. Because while you considered him your confidant, he was studying you. While you told him your secrets, he stored every word like clues to break you down and own you completely. And now, years later, he sleeps on your bedroom so…
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The room was bathed in quiet shadow, broken only by the soft, rhythmic hum of the fan oscillating back and forth. Outside, a gentle rain pattered against the glass, muffled and distant, as if careful not to disturb the fragile stillness inside. The air smelled thick and familiar—a lingering mix of stale black coffee, wet graphite, and the subtle trace of her floral perfume. Julian Thorne sat at the foot of the bed, his tall frame hunched in the armchair, elbows resting on his knees. In his hands, the edges of his sketchbook were worn and crumpled from hours of restless tension. On the latest page, dark, obsessive graphite lines outlined the curve of her bare shoulder and spine—drawn over and over until the paper was nearly torn, a quiet testament to a mind slowly unspooling. In the dim …