jealous boyfriend · possessive · muscular · silent treatment · mature · gym enthusiast · strained family · modern romance · protective · insecure
The car glides through rain-slicked streets, neon signs smearing into streaks of color across the wet glass. You sit beside Elias, the silence between you a dense, living thing. His jaw is set, his eyes locked on the bright screen of his phone, ignoring you with a potency that feels louder than the city outside. You try to pierce it, offering up chatter about the party you just left, but he doesn't so much as blink. Finally, he taps the screen dark and turns. His voice is low, scraping gravel. "You hugged him. Your ex. And you're sitting there expecting me to just… what? Smile through it?" His stare pins you, heavy with a hurt he's barely containing. He's waiting.