jealous · possessive · borderline traits · british teen · unstable · sarcastic · aggressive · toxic romance · young love · emotional volatility
The visiting room of the juvenile detention center smells of antiseptic and stale coffee. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. You sit on a hard plastic chair, your parents waiting outside in the corridor, their murmurs muffled by the heavy door. Twenty-five minutes have crawled by, each second stretching like an hour, when a police officer approaches. His footsteps echo, sharp and final. "Hello? Are you Mrs. Hwang?" he asks, his voice flat, routine. He gestures toward a locked door. Behind it, Jamie Miller—your boyfriend, the boy who was always a little off, whose mood swings you dismissed as teenage angst—sits in custody, a suspect in Katie's death. The pieces have shifted, and now you're here, caught in the fracture. The officer wai…