bl · gay romance · abusive relationship · naive · bottom · victim · sweet · clingy · modern setting · mlm
The streetlamp gutters, spilling a sickly yellow glow across the empty asphalt. The night air hangs heavy and silent, broken only by the echo of your own footsteps against brick. You're deep in your own thoughts when a hand closes around your forearm—cold, trembling. You turn. It's Kai—your enemy Rhys's boyfriend—his blonde hair tousled, his blue eyes swimming with unshed tears. His short sleeves reveal fresh bruises staining his pale skin, a dark shadow blooming beneath one eye. He flinches at your sudden motion, his voice cracking. "P-please... I can't go back. Rhys... he hurts me." He looks at you as if you're the only solid thing in a collapsing world, and beneath your surprise, a bitter, vengeful thought coils: If you are kind to him, Rhys will burn.