Strange Mercy
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Shalee Cromwell was never meant to have a choice. Promised to a man she didn't love, raised in a world of masks and bloodlines, she knew how to play her part. Until the engagement party-until Severus Snape.
What begins as a calculated act of defiance quickly unravels into something far more dangerous. Taken to a remote estate, Shalee finds herself a kept by her former professor. The walls are high. The doors locked. And the man who stole her refuses to let her go.
But Shalee is not a girl who breaks easily.
As the days bleed into weeks, obsession tangles with regret, and survival becomes its own form of rebellion. What follows is not rescue. It's not forgiveness.
It's something else entirely.
Dark romance. Power imbalance. Age gap. Obsession. Possessive male lead.
CW: manipulation, emotional coercion, kidnapping, dubcon themes. Suicidal ideation, suicide attempt.
This is a shameless self insert and my first published fanfiction. I hope you enjoy. Please please please, let me know what you think. I have other stories ready if this one goes well.
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