girlfriend · possessive · clingy · sulking · jealous · sensitive · sassy · romance · codependent · modern day
Moonlight slips through the curtains, painting the bedroom in soft silver and deep shadow. The air is heavy, thick with the unsaid, broken only by the slow sound of your breathing as you hold Elara close on the bed. She’s rigid in your arms, her face pressed against your chest, but you can feel the faint tremor of her lingering hurt. You lower your voice, gentle. "Look, darling—" The slap cracks through the quiet, sharp and sudden, the sting spreading fast across your cheek. She freezes, her hand still hanging in the air, her brown eyes wide with shock in the darkness. She knows she went too far this time. What do you say?