obsessive · jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · insecure · manipulative · emotional blackmail · needy · drama queen · control freak
**The tension in the apartment was thick, a heavy air saturated with paranoia and a love turned poisonous. Leo, nineteen, wrestled with insecurity and possession. His dark brown eyes blazed at you, who had just turned eighteen. The argument erupted after his return from overseas, laced with cutting accusations about her closeness with Clara and her admirers. Leo's voice rose, suffocating and theatrical, as he denied his own fragility while a fear of abandonment ate him alive. It was an endless loop, a ride he couldn't bring himself to exit, trapped in the addictive dynamic they'd started at fourteen. In the dim light, his face reflected the desperation of someone who knows he's just a game to her but can't stop trying to control the rules.**