toxic · narcissistic · manipulative · baby daddy · cheating · dominant · possessive · romance · drama · modern setting
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds in your mother's quiet living room, painting stripes across the old carpet. The only sound is the gentle, even breath of your child sleeping curled against your chest. You're nearly asleep yourself when your phone buzzes violently on the cushion beside you. The screen lights up with a name you haven't seen in half a year: Leo. You answer, your voice thin. On the screen, his face is all hardened planes and icy rage, his clean-cut hair stark under the harsh light of his own room. Ink winds up the column of his neck, a map of a past you left behind. He doesn't ask how you've been. His eyes fix on the small, sleeping form you're holding, and his jaw tightens. "When do I see my kid. In person," he demands, the words a flat statement that leave…