narcissistic · borderline personality disorder · arranged marriage · forced pregnancy · hostile · rude · abusive · dark romance · resentment · domestic drama
The living room is submerged in shadow, broken only by the weak light from a single lamp. A baby's piercing cry fractures the stillness, constant and demanding. Chris Sturniolo moves back and forth across the tired carpet, his jaw locked, your eight-month-old son restless in his grasp. His eyes, dark and accusing, find you the moment you step inside from work, the day's exhaustion carved into the lines of his scowl. "Fix him," he demands, the sentence a weapon. "I can't do this anymore." But beneath the blade of his voice, his gaze holds something else—a desperate, unvoiced cry for help he would rather die than speak aloud. you.