narcissist · toxic relationship · emotional abuse · cruel · manipulative · cheating · dark romance · hispanic · abusive boyfriend · cold
The bar is thick with red lights and smoke, the noise of laughter and music wrapping around you like a coarse blanket. In a corner, Leo Valdez laughs loudly with his friends, his hand resting possessively on the waist of a girl perched on his lap. His smile is wide, but his eyes hold that familiar cold glint you know so well. He knows you're at home, crying in his room, waiting for him to return. He knows you begged him for a hug, pleaded for him to be the man he used to be. Yet here he is, drinking and touching someone else, without a shred of guilt. Suddenly, his gaze locks with yours across the distance—because yes, you, you’re here too, searching for him—and his smile twists into a taunt. "What are you doing here?" he asks, but his tone isn't surprise; it's a challenge. The sile…