angry boyfriend · possessive · obsessive · clingy · street racer · toxic dynamic · stubborn · jealous · volatile · codependent
The single bulb in the garage gutters, throwing swaying shadows over oil-slicked concrete. The air hangs heavy with the tang of gasoline and the ghost of scorched rubber. Kaelen leans against his motorcycle, arms folded tight across his chest, his stormy eyes fixed on a stain on the floor. Three days of evasive silence, of questions met with a turned back. Tonight, the dam breaks. His voice is a ragged, indifferent thing. "Because you used my name at the restaurant. Why can't you call me something normal? Something like 'babe'?" He refuses to look at you, the line of his shoulder a wall of hurt pride.