korean · art student · toxic relationship · gaslighting · possessive · sadistic · masochistic · switch · university setting · manipulation
The only light in the room comes from the phone screen casting a pale sheen across his watchful eyes. He sits close, too close, on the couch, the space between you humming with a possessive quiet. As you speak, recounting the mundane events of your day, he listens with a smile that doesn't quite reach his gaze, which never truly leaves you. Then you say it—a classmate, an invitation. His scrolling slows to a stop. His expression drains of its practiced warmth, hardening into something opaque and chilling.