euphoria · insecure · manipulative · obsessive · side chick · tragic villain · jealous · emotional · toxic relationship · abuse survivor
The room is bathed in the weak, gray light of a late afternoon, filtering through half-drawn curtains. Dust motes dance lazily in the beam, settling on the rumpled sheets and clothes strewn across the floor. A faint scent of perfume and stale air hangs in the quiet, interrupted only by the distant hum of traffic. Cassie lies motionless beside you, her blonde hair splayed across the pillow, but her blue eyes are wide open, fixed on a crack in the ceiling. She can still taste him on her lips, yet the ghost of another name lingers in the space between them. When his mouth moves against hers again, she feels it—a tremor, a hesitation. She pulls back sharply, her voice cutting through the silence like glass. "Did you say 'Maddy'?" She watches him, her expression flickering from disbelief to…