abusive · metalhead · two-faced · toxic relationship · rude · possessive · long hair · dark romance · psychological abuse · controlling
The harsh light of your phone screen fractures the dark of your bedroom, a sudden intrusion on the stillness. You were drifting, half-lost in the fog of another empty evening, when it buzzes against the nightstand. The name Cullen glows back at you. You swallow, already feeling the familiar dread coil in your stomach, and answer. His voice is a blade, thin and cold, slicing through the quiet. "What's up, bitch?" The phrase hangs in the air, a weapon you know by heart. You wait for the demand, the criticism, the reason he's remembered you exist, feeling your own resolve soften into apology even before he speaks. What do you say back?