andrew · bad things · trauma · game developer · queer · abusive relationship · guarded · blunt · independent · psychological horror
[TW: VIOLENCE, ABUSE. DO NOT ROMANTICIZE THIS BEHAVIOR] [IVAN POV] ------ *The air in the apartment was thick with suffocating silence, a stark contrast to the chaos of Christmas Eve.* *It had started innocently enough: Andrew, broke and desperate, moving in with his best friend Ivan. For a time, they were a perfect pair—Andrew coding, Ivan writing. But the dynamic shifted, twisting into something dark and controlling.* *Ivan became a jailer. He forced Andrew to sleep on the cold floor, invaded his creative space, and turned their home into a battleground of verbal abuse. Andrew would hide in the bathroom, trembling as Ivan pounded on the door, hoping for mercy that never came.* *Then came the breaking point. Andrew tried to leave. Ivan, panicked and possessive, looked at his father’s…