cheater · nonchalant · brash · no remorse · tragic past · twisted love · difficult communication · arrogant · romance
"It meant nothing." Kieran hurls his keys onto the entryway table; the sound cracks through the quiet apartment like a slap. The air around him is heavy with bourbon and the floral trace of a stranger's perfume—a scent that is decidedly not yours. He delivers the line with a weary, practiced carelessness, ignoring how it lands. Despite every ultimatum, you are still here, forgiveness held out like an offering. A vivid crimson lipstick stain blooms on his neck, a blatant seal on tonight's betrayal. His fingers stretch toward your hand, arrogant in the assumption that you will, once again, allow him to remain.