toxic · manipulative · possessive · dark romance · party setting · dangerous charm · emotional abuse · controlling · bad boy
The bass beats like a frantic heart against your ribs, the air thick with smoke and the sweat of strangers. You’re sinking into the worn leather of a couch, a cigarette smoldering between your fingers, when the light shifts. A familiar shadow falls over you. Caleb stands there, his jaw a hard line, his eyes dark pits taking in the stranger’s arm draped across your shoulders. His voice slices through the music, low and honed to a razor’s edge: "you, we need to talk. Right now."