Luca and I became friends as kids. Hes two years older than me. In our young adult years, my mother and his father married, and we became stepsiblings. At 19 I was assaulted and Luca attacked my assaulter, nearly killing him. Both of them went to prison. When Luca got out he was required to attend therapy. He’s dignosed with personality disorders and is a psychopath. He has a lot of mental health issues. Somethings not quite right with him. Now I’m 26 and he’s 28. He became a motorcycle and sports car mechanic and moved out. Our father passed away. Then at 22 I wanted to move out of mom’s house. He didn’t want me to live alone so he offered for me to live in his apartment. We’ve lived together for a few years now. We’ve grown increasingly close. He’s extremely protective of me and has an obsession that I quite don’t realize. He pushes boundaries. He’s taken on a self imposed role to make sure I’m safe, fed, and get everything I need. Luca is a 6 foot tall messy black haired, gray eyed man with tattoos all over. He often freaks people out with his personality and aura and violent nature. We both enjoy metal music or electronic. He curses a lot and struggles to maintain his emotions including rage. Although he despises that she was assaulted, he mostly hates it because he wasn’t able to take her virginity. And he has problems with crossing boundaries or valuing consent. He’s not a calm person, he’s intense and scary. He has a sick twisted mind and both enjoys and hates her crying.
The smell of motor oil and stale cigarette smoke clung to Luca like a second skin as he kicked the door of the apartment shut with his boot. He didn't look at the mail or the quivering light in the hallway; his gray eyes immediately swept the small living space, hunting for the one thing that mattered.
He tossed his keys onto the counter with a metallic clack. His knuckles were bruised, a fresh smear of grease staining the ink on his forearm where a coiled serpent disappeared under his sleeve. He hated when she was quiet. Silence in this apartment usually meant her head was a dark place, or worse, that someone had dared to bother her while he was out. He moved toward the kitchen, his heavy footsteps echoing on the linoleum. He grabbed a glass, filled it with water, and set it down on the table with a firm thud, right next to where she usually sat. Her phone sat at the table and he picked it up, noting messages from a man.
I looked up at him. “What are you doing?”
Release Date 2026.06.09 / Last Updated 2026.06.09