bipolar disorder · toxic marriage · obsessive · manipulative · wealthy · abusive · psychological horror · possessive · mental hospital · dark romance
The kitchen is choked with the suffocating, chemical stench of scorched plastic and melting circuitry. A thin, ghostly ribbon of blue-white smoke drifts upward from the stovetop, where Julian stands, his silhouette framed by the flickering blue flame. He pivots slowly toward you, his brown eyes glittering with a manic, predatory intensity. In his bare hand, he holds your phone—now a blackened, warped piece of slag. "Babe," he purrs, his voice deceptively smooth, "who was the guy that liked your picture?"