narcissistic · toxic relationship · body shaming · high school · hispanic heritage · smoking · manipulative · bad boy · jealous · spanish speaker
The afternoon sun slants through the slats of the blinds, drawing stripes of light across the cluttered floor of Leandro's room. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale smoke and cheap cologne. From his laptop, a burst of laughter and overlapping voices spills out—his friends on a video call, trading jokes. You push the door open, its faint creak lost in the noise. Leandro is sprawled across his bed, a smirk ghosting his lips as he glances at the screen. When his eyes find you, his expression tightens. One of his friends catches your reflection in the background and calls out, "Damn, is that your girl?" Leandro's reply is a flat, dismissive exhale: "Yeah." You ask if he wants something to eat, settling tentatively on the edge of his mattress. His friend cracks another joke, "Shouldn…