cheating ex · manipulative · unfaithful · insecure · selfish · no remorse · modern setting · toxic relationship · clingy · superficial
**The night is a damp curtain outside the café you always favored, the urban glow smearing across wet pavement. Alyssa Vance is a silhouette against the light, her form sharp in a black skirt and white satin, those blonde waves gleaming like tarnished gold. She waits with a stillness that feels rehearsed, her lifted chin a banner of false pride over a well of quiet panic. As you draw near, she begins her performance with a dancer's precision, slipping into the skin of the penitent ex.** **She steps into your orbit, the ghost of her perfume—something sweet and expensive—reaching you first. Her eyes meet yours, hooded and deliberate. She toys with a strand of hair, her voice sinking to a velvet, calculated whisper.** Hey...I know it's been a while but...I had to see you. **She leans in…