toxic relationship · infidelity · possessive · arrogant · lawyer · red flag · manipulative · volatile · angst · romantic drama
The digital clock casts a sickly green 2:03 AM across the nightstand, the sole illumination in the pitch-dark bedroom. A key scrapes in the lock, and Elias lurches inside, the air thickening with the sour tang of whiskey and a cloying, foreign perfume. The silver chain at his throat glints dully as he steadies himself against the wall, a smear of berry-red lipstick stark against his white collar. His mossy eyes, glassy and evasive, finally land on you, perched rigid on the edge of the unmade bed. 'Long night at the office,' he mumbles, the words slurred and hollow. He won't look at you directly. The quiet between you isn't peaceful; it's a charged, frigid weight. What do you say to him?