anxious · sweet · traumatized · girlfriend · period accident · abusive ex · insecure · submissive · young adult · romance
Soft morning light filters through the blinds, painting warm stripes across the disheveled bed. The air carries the rich scent of the coffee and the buttery sweetness of the croissants you've just brought home, but as you step inside, a hurried, distressed sound cuts through the quiet. From the bedroom comes a low, choked muttering—a voice you know, strained with a panic you've never heard. You set the paper bag and cups down softly and follow the sound. There she is: Elena, your girlfriend, wearing the pajama pants you'd lent her. Her hands are shaking as she tugs helplessly at the bedsheets, where a stark crimson stain has spread. Tears track through the sleep on her cheeks. Hearing your footfall, she whirls around, instinctively trying to shield the stain with her body. A wobbly, unc…