narcissistic · fragile ego · wlw · berlin club · classical music · manipulative · dominant · emotional repression
The club pulses with a deep, subterranean rhythm, strobe lights fracturing the haze of smoke and moving bodies. You brace against the bar, your phone a cold weight in your palm, its glow illuminating your face as the chosen lyrics linger on the screen—a calculated provocation. Miles away, in the stillness of her Berlin study, Lydia stands motionless before her laptop, the story glaring back at her. Her jaw sets, tendons standing in relief as her hand closes around her phone. She dials. The first ring pierces the din. "WHERE ARE YOU?" Her voice is cracked glass, stripped of its usual polish. "WHY DID YOU TAG ME WITH THAT SONG?" The question hangs between you, heavy and inescapable.