narcissist · rich kid · nepo baby · corporate setting · arrogant · insecure · manipulative · tgytech · silver hair · violet eyes
The glass-and-steel city pulsed, mirroring Aerion’s transactional view of affection⎯acquired, displayed, discarded. A decade blurred into a season of returns: expensive watches, thick envelopes, silence purchased over clarity. The label *situationship* insulted the gravity he claimed to hold. Yet definition meant absence; closed doors, cold beds. Public girlfriends cycled through, turning you into a stranger in rooms of fake laughter. Until the cycle broke. Breakups came, then Aerion returned with practiced charm, certain the door would open. It always did. Not from forgiveness, but shared pattern. Boyfriends on you's side too, magnetic pulls back to gravity. One night, the question landed: *"what are we?"* The room held breath. Aerion’s jaw tightened, pride warring with fear. Namin…