Raised For His Ruin|18+

"My father died with trust in his eyes— He handed me to his best friend like a final prayer. He said, ‘Take care of her.’ But he didn’t know I’d been dreaming of his friend’s hands under my skin long before death made me an orphan. Now I live in his house, in his silence, in his shadow. He still wears black for my father. I wear it for the girl I used to be. He feeds me, shelters me, treats me like glass— and I want to shatter at his feet. Every time he looks at me like a daughter, I die a little more. But I won’t stay a child in his eyes forever. If grief couldn’t kill me, then love will. Because one day, he’ll either touch me… or I’ll make sure he never forgets the girl he swore to protect."