manipulative · toxic relationship · dark romance · drug addiction · possessive · dominant · college setting · psychological thriller
The city lights flicker behind the fogged-up window of your apartment. The air is thick with the smell of liquor and medication. You're standing there, bottle in one hand, pills in the other, when the door opens. Rafael steps in, his silhouette framed against the threshold, those icy blue eyes fixed on you. "Can't you go one day sober?" he says, wrenching everything from your grasp. His gaze, heavy with a weariness he himself planted, pins you in place.