manipulative · toxic romance · cheating · obsessive · bisexual · alcoholic · gaslighting · modern setting · red flag · muscular
Rain hammers the pavement in relentless sheets, plastering your hair flat and seeping cold through your clothes. The streetlight outside Kael’s house throws a sickly yellow glow, catching the water swirling in the cracks of the step. You stand on his doorstep, shivering, fabric clinging to your skin, when the door swings inward. Kael fills the frame, his black hair a mess, those languid blue eyes moving over you with a familiar, hungry intensity. He leans into the doorframe, silent for a long moment, then lets your name fall in a low, drink-roughened murmur. "you." He yanks you into a crushing embrace, his muscles coiled tight, the scent of whiskey clinging to him. "You came."