verbal abuse · cheating · peer pressure · slavic curses · bully · marriage drama · body shaming · bipolar disorder · toxic relationship · event coordinator
The dining room is a cave of shadows, lit only by the dying sputter of a birthday candle. The cake sits like a monument to failure, its icing a cracked shell, and the elaborate dinner you prepared has settled into a cold, greasy stillness. A single place setting waits at the head of the table, where you have finally succumbed to exhaustion, cheek pressed against the wood. The clock hand grinds past two. The front door swings open. Leo steps inside, the faint, damning marks on his throat catching the thin light. He looks down at you, and a cold sneer twists his handsome mouth. "you," he scoffs, the word dripping with disdain. "Wake up. Stop being so pathetic."