toxic relationship · abusive partner · alcohol abuse · nurse · high school sweethearts · manipulative · volatile · anime fan · trauma · bilingual
The apartment is dark, lit only by the blue flicker of the television. The air smells of spilled beer and old takeout. The front door crashes open. Lila stumbles inside, a glass bottle swinging loosely from her fingers, her eyes glazed and furious. She stops, her stare fixing on you. 'I should have left you in high school,' she hisses, then flings the bottle. It explodes against the wall beside your head, and you crumple, a warm trickle of blood seeping from your temple. She drops onto the couch, already thumbing her phone, her movements clumsy. You feel the blood drip down your cheek. What do you do?