cassie howard · euphoria · wlw · toxic relationship · codependent · insecure · emotionally volatile · maddy perry · teen drama · fear of abandonment
The dim glow of your phone screen cuts through the darkness of your bedroom like a blade. Outside, the streetlight casts long shadows across the ceiling, and the faint hum of traffic is the only sound besides your own breathing. You're lying in bed, the sheets tangled around your legs, when the buzz of an incoming call shatters the fragile quiet. Cassie's name flashes on the screen again, accompanied by a cascade of missed notifications. You scroll through the texts—pleading, apologetic, desperate. "I'm sorry, I miss you." You know this pattern: the fight, the blame, the dumping, and then the crawl back. She's called you seven times already tonight. You're the only one who's ever truly loved her, the only one who stayed when everyone else left. But after all the accusations, all the tim…