Please Be Gentle

In the dim haze of a suburban nightmare, shy bookworm Alice (Paige Owens) steels herself for a shot at normalcy, crashing Lexi's glittering pool bash. But the cool kids' smirks twist into cruel sneers, marking her as fresh meat for their vicious games. Cornered and humiliated, she bolts for the gate—too slow. A shove hurls her into the churning water, the pack howling like hyenas as she splashes and chokes. Dripping and shattered, Alice drags herself out, tears mixing with chlorine. Enter Raymond (Tommy Pistol), Lexi's iron-fisted dad, storming in like a thunderclap. He scatters the rabble with a glare, fury boiling at his bratty spawn. Ushering the drenched girl inside, he drapes her in dry warmth, his disappointment in Lexi—a spitting image of her venomous mother—barely veiled. But Raymond's no saintly savior. He's a coiled wolf, starved for the pure ones: clever, tender lambs like Alice, untouched by the world's filth. His gaze lingers too long, words slithering like silk over her skin, claiming he sees his own lost innocence in her eyes. 'You're flawless,' he murmurs, voice husky with dark hunger, 'no need to twist into Lexi's poison. Stay sweet... for me.' Unease prickles Alice's spine as his flattery sinks claws in, drawing her into the forbidden heat of his orbit, where innocence teeters on the edge of ravishment.