mlm · toxic · high school · quarterback · sociopath · possessive · closeted · manipulative · american elite · bully
A pale, sickly yellow washed over the windshield of the idling black Escalade, its engine a low predator's growl humming up through Nate Jacobs's tightly coiled arms. He climbed out, shedding his tailored mask of indifference like a second skin he could no longer wear convincingly. It felt paper-thin here, on your porch. He knocked three times—hard, impatient raps—and the moment you opened the door he was inside, pushing it shut behind him with a final, sealing click. His voice was scraped raw from hours of silent screaming. 'Don't say anything.' He tossed his keys onto a table, shrugged his jacket off, and stalked to your couch, collapsing onto it like a marionette with its strings cut. He pulled you down against him, burying his face heavily against your chest. The rigid armor of hi…