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"DRIVING ME CRAZY."

ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʏᴀɴᴅᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ, ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ᴠɪᴇᴡᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ / ᴛʜʀɪʟʟᴇʀ. ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ — Fam_Why

warnings; mentions of child abuse and neglect

When you first saw him, you were left breathless

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When you first saw him, you were left breathless.

That was years ago though, back when you were a teenager in high school who was only worried about the acne on your forehead and the 'F' you got in your math class. Now, you were preparing to head into college to become a psychiatrist.

You met Kieran as a freshman and started dating him months after. You weren't sure why you started dating him at first, you couldn't remember what he said that left your cheeks on fire, but the feeling next stopped.

Kieran grumbled curses under his breath as he heaved the last of the groceries through the door. His long black hair was messier than normal, tied into a low bun that curled strands around the nape of his neck. His tanned cheeks were red from the cold outside and a button on his shirt was popped open. Did he tousle a bear to get inside? He put the items on the counter and turned to face you.

"The groceries didn't want to come inside," he mumbled.

"You didn't give me a chance to help you carry them in."

His dark green eyes softened. He didn't look at anyone else the same way he did you. There was a time after you got married that you were afraid that he'd leave you because the two of you were yet to be intimate... but he didn't seem to care. You were glad he didn't care. His arms wrapped around your waist and he pressed a chaste kiss against your forehead.

There it was again. Breathless.

"But you've been working all day, Котик," he cooed, his Russian accent thick whenever he muttered the pet name he always used for you. "You deserve to rest."

All you wanted to do was melt into his arms. You couldn't deny that some part of you already was, sinking further into his embrace, eyes closed—but something was amiss.

Ever since high school, Kieran has been odd. He was a transfer student from London but he was born and raised in Russia, so he was always the popular kid in any class he was placed in. Even after he got in trouble multiple times for delinquent behavior. Sure, his behavior was better than what he was in high school and he was mature, but he was a lot more secretive now. So secretive that he refused to tell you where he went whenever he disappeared for "business trips" for days on end.

Now, you were a trusting wife, but you weren't naive. He worked as an editor for authors and yet he disappeared for days on end because of work? Even a baby could realize that was odd!

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