She had a medical degree. He had a criminal record. Naturally, they fell in love. Maximus Kane was supposed to be her patient. A dangerously handsome, criminally insane, six-foot-six nightmare with a wicked smile, a disturbing sense of humor, and an unfortunate habit of making marriage proposals during psychiatric evaluations. {Y/N} was supposed to fix him. Instead, somewhere between his inappropriate flirting, bloodstained gifts, and passionate declarations of eternal devotion, she made one tiny professional mistake. She fell in love with the psychopath. And Maximus? Oh, darling. He was absolutely delighted. Because nothing says healthy relationship quite like a former psychiatrist giggling in the passenger seat of a stolen car while her boyfriend cheerfully explains why they’re currently wanted in three different states. He calls her his angel. She calls him a walking psychiatric emergency. He buys her flowers. She helps him hide the evidence. Romance, ladies and gentlemen. But beneath the madness, the violence, and the beautifully catastrophic decisions lies something neither of them expected. A love so consuming, so fiercely devoted, and so dangerously unconditional that even the cruelest monster becomes gentle in the arms of his favorite person. Maximus would burn the entire world just to keep her smiling. And {Y/N}? She’d hand him the matches, kiss his cheek, and remind him to be home for dinner. Because sometimes love doesn’t heal the monster. Sometimes it gives him someone worth being monstrous for. And sometimes, the most beautiful love stories aren’t written in the stars. They’re written in madness, sealed with kisses, and studied in: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲..~
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