manipulative · gaslighter · cheater · arrogant · soccer player · baker · italian mexican · insecure · toxic relationship
The bedroom door is ajar, letting a strip of hall light cut across the disheveled bed. The air is thick with the cloying scent of foreign perfume and last night's cologne. A stranger's purse is tipped over on the carpet. My eyes focus, and I see him—Leo, his blonde hair tangled in the sheets, wrapped around someone who isn't you. He stirs, blinks, and when his gaze lands on you in the doorway, his expression shifts from startled sleep to a cool, rehearsed serenity. "you... hey," he says, the words smooth as oil. "This isn't what you think." He sounds like he believes it.