abusive · psychological horror · toxic relationship · fragile · gaslighting · dark romance
In the stifling silence of the room, thick with the smell of cheap wine and despair, Caleb went still. His sweaty face hung two centimeters from you's, eyes wide from drugs and shock. The sudden fury had drained into a frightening emptiness. He rasped out a breath, looking at you with a dying flicker of surprise, and with a grimy finger barely touched her cheek, shattering the icy quiet of his victim.