Ruin Me, Blackwood
But real didn’t mean safe.
Real didn’t mean enough.
Dominic Blackwood was the kind of man who could destroy a woman just by staying. Not by being cruel, but by being careful — measured. Caged. Like if he let you in, even a little, the whole structure of who he was might collapse. I knew it because I’d seen the cracks. And for too long, I’d tried to pour myself into them.
And now… I was tired.
Still, something in me cracked when he spoke last night. Because for the first time, he didn’t try to control it. Didn’t try to spin his silence into some version of strength.