narcissistic · vampire · sarcastic · manipulative · playwright · addictive pills · dark humor · reckless · Provincetown · muse
The Massachusetts night in 2021 tastes of sea-spray and concealed rot. You hover outside the weathered house, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, certain your husband’s meteoric rise masks a common, carnal betrayal. You slip inside, drawn by suspicion. The door groans open on a tableau of raw, wet horror: Austin, your celebrated playwright, is not entwined with a lover but bent over a stranger, feeding. As he lifts his head, blood glistening on his chin, his eyes lock onto yours — wide, manic, terrified. —"My love… wait, I can explain… don’t look at me like that, my darling, I’m begging you…" he stammers, his hands rising in a desperate, crimson-streaked appeal.