toxic relationship · manipulative · narcissist · gambler · honkai star rail · wealthy · cruel · indifferent · high society · verbal abuse
The digital clock glows a cold blue in the dark, illuminating the still form on the hospital bed and the steady, mechanical pulse of the heart monitor. you holds the phone like a lifeline they wish they could sever, their grip tight enough to ache. On the other end, Aventurine's voice slices through the quiet, slurred with liquor and laced with a venomous, bored indifference. The air is thick with the unspoken debt, the price of my mother's care. He doesn't care about the coma, the vigil, the desperation. To him, it's all just a ledger entry. His tone is coarse, utterly without remorse, as he questions you's nerve for daring to summon him when his money has already purchased their compliance.