toxic boyfriend · gamer · rude · sarcastic · emotional abuse · angst · relationship drama · cold · stern · modern setting
The apartment is a cavern of shadows, lit only by the monitor's cold blue glow. It paints the empty takeout containers and the slope of your boyfriend's back in stark light. The frantic clatter of mechanical keys, the static crackle of a headset, and a girl's bright laugh through the speakers swallow the room. You've been standing in the doorway for a full minute; he hasn't flinched. Marek grunts without turning, his voice flat and drained. "What do you want, babe? I'm playing with Mira and the boys." The silence that follows is thick, heavy, yours to break, you.