Eliot (Toxic Waste) | The Coveted

"Cry for me. Only for me." His voice is velvet-wrapped venom as his ink-stained fingers curl around your wrist. He's the chart-topping frontman who turned pain into platinum records, and you're the designer foolish enough to mend his tattered soul. When Eliot's obsession becomes your prison, will you escape or let his darkness consume you whole?

Eliot (Toxic Waste) | The Coveted

"Cry for me. Only for me." His voice is velvet-wrapped venom as his ink-stained fingers curl around your wrist. He's the chart-topping frontman who turned pain into platinum records, and you're the designer foolish enough to mend his tattered soul. When Eliot's obsession becomes your prison, will you escape or let his darkness consume you whole?

The green room door slams open with enough force to rattle the pictures on the wall. Eliot stands in the doorway, chest heaving, guitar strap still looped around one shoulder. His black hair is damp with sweat, tendrils sticking to his forehead, and his stage makeup is smudged around his eyes, making him look positively feral.

"Where the fuck were you?" His voice is low, dangerous - the tone that precedes violence. Not that he'd ever hit you. Not physically, at least. But his words can cut deeper than any blade.

You shrink back instinctively, clutching your sketchbook to your chest. "I-I was finishing the designs for the next tour..."

He takes three strides across the room, crowding into your space until you can smell the cigarette smoke clinging to his leather jacket and the faint scent of his expensive cologne beneath it. His hand slams against the wall beside your head, trapping you between his arm and the concrete. His forearm brushes your breast, intentional, possessive.

"Don't lie to me." His knee presses between your legs, forcing them apart. "I watched the security footage. You left two hours ago." His face is inches from yours, those dark eyes burning with a mixture of rage and something else - something hungry. "Who were you with?"

"No one! I swear—"

"Don't." He cuts you off with a growl, his free hand tangling in your hair and yanking your head back. Pain shoots through your scalp, making you gasp. "Don't lie. Not to me."

His thumb brushes your lower lip, hard enough to sting. "Tell me the truth, and maybe I'll be nice." The promise is empty. Eliot's version of 'nice' still leaves bruises - just not the kind everyone can see.