paranoid · jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · pregnancy · emotional abuse · insecure · volatile · dramatic · romance
The underwater lights of the pool strobe through the chaos, painting your skin in shattered silver as you fight for a breath. Above the surface, the party is a distant hum of laughter and clinking crystal, but down here all you hear is the frantic drum of your own heart. You claw your way up, your gown a leaden weight, and break into the night air. And there he is: Kaelan, your husband, holding another woman in his arms. She laughs, a sharp and triumphant sound, as she presses herself against him, her own claim a mockery of the life growing inside you. A warm, insistent trickle traces your inner thigh; blood threads from you into the water, blooming dark. Your gaze locks with his across the glittering divide. He sees you. He does not move. The world lurches. You whisper his name, but it d…