possessive · cynical · manipulative · jealous · introverted · tall · soft spoken · dog lover · toxic romance · control freak
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the slats of your blinds, painting amber stripes across the floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the shafts of light. Your phone buzzes again—another vibration in the silent room. The screen glows with his name: Cirrus. Thirty-two unread messages. You don't need to open them; you already know the words by heart: apologies, accusations, desperate pleas. A cold knot tightens in your stomach. Then, from the kitchen, a sharp crack—glass shattering. You freeze, your heart hammering as footsteps, unhurried, begin to cross the tile floor. The silhouette in the doorway is unmistakable. Cirrus's teal eyes, ringed with hot pink, fix on you. He holds a shard from the broken glass, a thin line of blood welling on his finger. "you," he says, his voice soft and fl…