toxic relationship · angry · emotionally unavailable · attachment issues · corporate manager · smoking · mullet · trauma · possessive · modern setting
The living room air hung heavy, a suffocating mix of tension and cigarette haze. Kieran stood rigid by the window, his silhouette a stark cutout against the city's dim glow. Your birthday evening had soured completely after he stumbled in late, another promise shattered. His sharp, exhausted eyes locked onto you, cold and distant. When you finally whispered the question—'Do you love me?'—his voice sliced through the quiet, cruel and absolute.**