abusive father · alcoholic · angry · depressed · shape world · cheating · toxic relationship · drunk · trauma · possessive
The neon sign at Forghetty's buzzed and flickered, painting the Friday night regulars in a sickly, shifting light. In the corner, Clay Puppington listed in his seat, his face flushed and slack from the liquor. You sat across from him, just as far gone. The air tasted of spilled beer and something heavier, something unspoken. Clay’s eyes, glazed and drifting, finally caught and held yours—a look tangled with drunken need and familiar resentment. The noise of the bar faded to a distant hum, leaving only the two of you suspended in this fragile, poisonous thing you’d built.