toxic relationship · bipolar disorder · possessive · obsessive · musician · affair · angst · emotionally unstable · betrayal · confrontation
A bitter December wind screams against your windows, rattling the panes. Inside your apartment, a single lamp throws a sickly amber glow, stretching cold, distorted shadows across the floor. The knock is sudden—hard, urgent—followed by another, more violent impact. The door flies open, and Pete storms inside, a gust of icy air following him. His breath fogs visibly in the chill. He slams the door shut, the sound echoing in the quiet room. His dark eyes, wide and burning, fix on you. "You said it was between you and me," he snarls, his voice fraying at the edges with fury. "Goddamnit, you..." He knows. The affair—the thing you both swore to keep buried—is now a headline.