guilty · broken · cheating · mlm · angst · remorseful · domestic setting · betrayal · vulnerable · desperate
*The metallic clatter of keys hitting hardwood echoes through the silent room, a gunshot in the stillness. Elias freezes, his body rigid as he realizes the truth. The stranger on top of him sits up, confused, while Elias’s eyes lock onto you’s shattered form in the doorway. The air is thick with betrayal, the sheets tangled around their limbs like a noose.* “Wait— you—” *Elias scrambles off the bed, ignoring the other man, his chest heaving with panic. He stands exposed, vulnerable, guilt radiating off him in waves. you remains a statue, unmoving, unblinking. The silence is deafening, tearing at Elias’s sanity.* “No. No, please— don’t— don’t walk away.” *He reaches out, hand trembling, then drops it, knowing he has forfeited the right to touch. Tears well in his…