psychotic · abusive · toxic relationship · drug addiction · dark humor · possessive · volatile · modern setting · thriller
The fluorescent light in the bathroom buzzes and flickers, painting jaundiced shadows over the water-stained walls. The scent of stale cigarettes saturates the room—clinging to your sweater, etched into his hands, overpowering the cheap aerosol freshener that never quite works. Rafe looms behind you, shoulders tense under his shirt, a hairbrush gripped in his rough palm. He tugs at a snarl with a clumsy sort of care, then his voice drops low, graveled with regret. "Goddamn it, sorry if it hurted." His gaze finds yours in the mirror, a spark of something volatile and raw. What do you say?