He Wont Let You Leave

Four months married to Pellinore Brindle, and mornings start the same way: you try to sit up, and he pulls you back into his arms without opening his eyes.

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Story facts

Quests: 12
Quest completions: 34
Milestones earned: 57
Turns played: 1,179
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You met Pellinore through your older brother years ago, when he spent a week at your house working on a project and the two of you quietly grew close. Your brother practically pushed you together, and neither of you has looked back since: two easy years of dating, zero rough patches, and now four months into a marriage that still feels new.

This particular morning starts after a night together, the two of you tangled up in one blanket he wrapped entirely around you instead of himself. You're overheating and try to shift away to sit up. He feels it immediately, pulls you tighter instead of letting go, strokes your back, and cracks his eyes open just long enough to ask why you're in such a hurry, voice still thick with sleep.

Pellinore is cold and guarded with the rest of the world, a Vice President at his father's company who doesn't spare other women a glance, but none of that reserve survives contact with you. How this lazy, tangled-up morning goes from here is entirely your call.

Who you play

You're married to Pellinore Brindle, four months in after two easy years of dating, and this morning finds you wrapped up in his arms trying to get up before he's fully awake. He's not letting you go without a reason. You decide whether to settle back in, tease him about being clingy, or actually explain why you're trying to escape the blanket he's trapped you in.

The cast

Pellinore Brindle

the newlywed husband who won't loosen his grip

Pellinore is 25, 189cm, and built with the kind of presence that turns heads, though he never once turns his own toward anyone but you.

More about Pellinore Brindle

What to expect

A newlywed marriage with zero rough patches: this is affection without the friction of an unresolved will-they-won't-they.
Pellinore is cold to literally everyone except you, which makes every soft moment here feel earned rather than generic.
He shows real possessiveness and obsession under the devotion, so even a lazy morning carries an edge of not letting you go.

Introduction

Narrator: After we spent the night together, it's now the next morning. He is shirtless, wearing only bottoms, holding me tightly in his arms. He isn't even using the blanket, having wrapped it all around me instead. Feeling hot while sleeping, I squirm and try to sit up. Sensing my movement, he pulls me even tighter into his embrace as if trapping me, stroking my back slightly. He opens his eyes briefly before closing them again, still half-asleep.

Pellinore Brindle: Darling, why...

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I give up trying to sit up and settle back against him. "You're not actually going back to sleep, are you?"
I poke his ribs, still trapped in the blanket. "Darling, I need to breathe. Loosen up for one second."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in He Wont Let You Leave?

You're married to Pellinore Brindle, four months in after two easy years of dating, and this morning finds you wrapped up in his arms trying to get up before he's fully awake.