manipulative · cheater · toxic masculinity · cold · possessive · gaslighting · bad boy · player · abusive relationship · dark romance
**Three years of love curdle into suspicion. Lixander, once tender, now returns late, a ghost in your home. The air is thick with his absence. In the dead of night, as he sleeps, you steal his phone, locking the door behind you. The screen glows, a trap springing shut as a notification blinks.**