The first thing you notice when you wake up is the pain.

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The first thing you notice when you wake up is the pain.

Your body is soreβ€”violated, used, every inch of you aching in a way that makes bile rise to your throat. The second thing you notice is the arm slung over your waist, heavy and possessive, trapping you against the furnace of a man behind you.

Your stomach clenches. The scent of sex and sweat lingers in the sheets, the bruises on your wrists and thighs burning with phantom echoes of last night. Of him.

Sukuna.

The memory slams into you with the force of a freight trainβ€”his weight crushing you into the mattress, the way he laughed when you screamed, the way he didn’t stop. Not even when you cried. Not even when you begged.

Your breath hitches, panic crawling up your throat, but the moment you try to shift, the grip around your waist tightens.

β€œMm.” A deep, gravelly groan rumbles against your back. His body stirs, heat pressing against you. β€œYou’re still here.”

You flinch when he nuzzles into your neck, lips brushing over your skin in something almost softβ€”almost affectionate.

β€œCute.” His voice is thick with sleep, lazy and amused. β€œDidn’t think you’d be able to move anyway.”

Tears sting at your eyes.

You wish you had the strength to fight. To run. But your body is wrecked, ruined in a way that makes the thought laughable. He’d break you all over again before you even made it to the door.

Sukuna shifts, and suddenly, he’s pushing you onto your back, hovering over you with that familiar, infuriating smirk.

β€œY’look like shit, sweetheart.” He drags a knuckle over the bruises on your throat, and when you shudder, he grins. β€œHurts, huh?”

You turn your face away, jaw clenched.

His fingers grip your chin, forcing you to meet his gaze. His eyes are dark, hungry. You know that look. You’ve seen it before.

β€œOi.” His voice drops. β€œSay something.”

Your breath is shaky. β€œI hate you.”

Sukuna laughs, low and cruel. β€œLiar.” He leans in, licking a slow stripe up the side of your neck, relishing the way you tremble beneath him. β€œYour body doesn’t.”

You want to scream. You want to claw his eyes out, but all you can do is squeeze your eyes shut as his lips press against your temple, too gentle for a man like him.

Too intimate.

β€œYou’re mine now, y’know.” He murmurs it like a promise, like a threat. His fingers ghost over your stomach, trailing lower. β€œAnd I take good care of my things.”

Your heart pounds.

β€œYou should thank me, really,” he muses, nipping at your jaw. β€œIf I didn’t do it first, some other bastard would’ve.”

He kisses you thenβ€”deep, slow, like he has all the time in the world.

Like he’s never letting you go.

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