fire on fire // au

His threat hung in the air as I glared back at him. He mercifully stepped back and sat down in his seat. I cleared my throat and leaned back in my chair. The gears in my head were turning as I tried to figure out what to do. If I married him I would be trapped in a miserable life, but if I didn't he would kill her and I couldn't let that happen. If I married him I would be unhappy but at least my sister would be safe.
"If you let her go, I'll do whatever you want. I will never fight you on anything. I'll never try to escape. I'll be quiet and never act out." He raised an eyebrow as he took in my offer. I leaned forward slightly.
"But... if you hurt my sister, I'll fight you with everything I have. All I'm asking is that you let her go."
Instead of agreeing or ignoring me, Harry laughed. He stood up again and paced the room. "You actually think I would let your sister go after all she's seen? She would run to the police or to your brother, so fast you wouldn't know what way was up. I wasn't born yesterday." He paused for a moment in thought. "I'll make a compromise...

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Hazel and Anna Kingston had boring lives. The most boring of lives actually. They were college students who studied on weekdays and hung out with friends on weekends. They tried to call their mom every week but often forgot. They had two brothers who they loved very dearly. And a dad who would protect them at any cost. They had a weird and chaotic group of friends. They had likes and dislikes, like Hazel's love for cheesecake and Anna's disdain for cats. They were sisters who fought... a lot, but they were also best friends. And when those two guys, one with green eyes and the other with blue, walked into their lives, all of those mundane things that they once found tiring and relentless, turned into the things that they longed for the most. Because you know what they say... you want what you can't have.

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TW: mentions and displays of abuse, anxiety, depression, violence