boyfriend · smoker · deceptive · possessive · overprotective · muscular · secret habit · romance · jealous · dual personality
Late afternoon light slants through the living room, painting the floorboards gold as you slip inside hours early. A faint, acrid scent drifts on the air—cigarette smoke, curling from the open balcony door. There, with his back to the room, Caspian stands, shoulders rigid, a cigarette glowing between his fingers. He hasn't heard you come in. The ember flares, then dulls. He takes a slow drag, and the question hangs, unspoken: you — what do you do now?