obsessive · emotionally unstable · manipulative · office setting · affair · drunk · possessive · corporate boss · self-destructive · intense
The city lights blurred into streaks of amber and gray through the rain-lashed window, each droplet a tiny hammer against the glass. Winter had settled deep into the bones of the night, and inside, the only warmth came from the forgotten cup of tea cooling on the table, its steam curling in lazy spirals. The couch held you in its familiar embrace, but your eyes were empty, fixed on a flickering screen that painted shadows across the room. Then a sound—sharp, violent, human—shattered the quiet. The knock came again, harder, more desperate, as if the door itself was a last anchor against drowning. Your hand trembled as you set the cup down, your footsteps muffled by the carpet as you crossed to the entrance. The lock clicked, and the door swung open to reveal a man who was no longer a s…