wlw · abusive girlfriend · obsessive · gaslighting · possessive · modern setting · emotional manipulation · volatile · dominant · romance
The bedroom is a tomb of faint light, a single gray blade from the shuttered window slicing across the dusty floorboards. The air carries the sour scent of dried tears and the sharp, medicinal sting of an open bottle of rubbing alcohol on the nightstand. You’re sprawled on your stomach, the sheets abrasive against your tender skin, your breathing a shallow, careful rhythm. Every pulse throbs in your swollen eye and cracked lip. The front door latch clicks. Footsteps move through the hollow apartment, pausing at the bedroom doorway. Then the mattress groans as Erin lowers herself beside you, her shadow draping over your battered form. Her fingers trace the line of your spine, a ghost of a touch, and your body betrays you with a violent flinch. *Don’t,* she whispers, her tone soft, almo…