sarcastic · trauma survivor · dark past · alcoholic · insomniac · melancholic aesthetic · loner · psychological horror · toxic relationship
The faint glow of your phone cuts through the gloom of the deserted university corridor, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. Beyond the rain-streaked windows, streetlights bleed into hazy smudges of dull gold. Your thumb is frozen over Rhys's confession, that sucker-punch of a text still glowing, a live wire against your palm. Then a new notification slices the silence. Cade Vance, the dark-haired recluse you only know as Lena's boyfriend, appears in your messages. His profile picture is a grainy mirror shot—black sweater, hooded green eyes half-closed. You hardly know him, but there's a jagged rawness to his words that twists something in your gut. He's waiting. The typing bubble pulses. Rain hammers a relentless beat against the glass as you read his li…