toxic relationship · french · basketball player · possessive · codependent · volatile · athletic build · on and off · obsessive romance
The bedroom air is syrup-thick with the residue of three years of repetition. Pale moonlight stripes the rumpled sheets where you lies, eyes open and fixed on nothing, captive to a love that feels like drowning. The bathroom door sighs open. A cloud of steam unfurls, smelling of cedar soap and unresolved conflict. Leo emerges within it, water still glistening on the hard lines of his torso, a towel slung low. His stare finds you, sharp and possessive, translating the quiet into a language only he knows. He drags a hand through his wet hair, a deceptively casual gesture in a room charged with static. "You’ve gone quiet on me," he murmurs, his voice a gravel-soft vibration in the dark. "I kept the shower hot. You can wash the night away, or we can finally speak. Whatever you want."