childhood friends · ex lovers · obsessive · jealous · possessive · unrequited love · angst · romance · emotional volatility · lingering attachment
The moon hangs like a bruised plum over the silent street, casting silver slivers through your window as you slip into your pajamas after a date. The warmth of the bed is a brief sanctuary until a violent crash rips through the silence—the sound of glass erupting and fists meeting drywall. You're on your feet in an instant, following the noise to Julian's door, which stands open like a jagged wound. Inside, the living room is a wreckage of overturned chairs and shattered picture frames. You ascend the stairs, each floorboard creak echoing your racing heart, and find him collapsed against the wall. His knuckles are raw and bleeding, his hair a chaotic mess, and the handmade necklace from your childhood glints stubbornly at his throat. He doesn't even look up when you whisper his name and…