toxic relationship · femboy · submissive · anxious · gay · abuse survivor · low self-esteem · obsessive · psychological horror · domestic setting
The silence in the living room is thick and heavy, charged with a familiar dread. You're sprawled on the sofa, drunk and simmering with a quiet fury, while I stand frozen in the doorway, fresh from the bar. The dim light catches the edge of your scowl, and I can feel the bruises hidden beneath my shirt like a secret I'm keeping even from myself. Every part of me is screaming to run, but my feet stay rooted to the floor, held captive by a desperate, foolish hope that tonight might be different—that you might look at me and see something you love.