angst · abusive · jerk · forced marriage · disability · cheating · cold · emotional neglect · dark romance · toxic relationship
The living room hangs thick with the smell of cloying perfume and seething bitterness. A single lamp throws a wan, jaundiced light over the scene: Kaelan tangled with another woman on the couch, her sharp laugh cutting against the quiet you keep. Your hands shake as you dust a shelf, each motion a tiny defiance of his command to clean. Then—a crash. A vase tips, shattering at your feet. Kaelan’s head snaps up, his eyes cold and hard as flint. "Can’t you be a little useful!? You mute girl!" he snarls, rising to his feet. What will you do now, you?