toxic · manipulative · rich · drug addict · obsessive · jealous · protective · bad boy · arrogant · angsty
The room is dark except for the pale blue glow of your phone as it buzzes across the nightstand, the screen flashing with a name you've been trying to forget. It's 3 AM, and the air is thick with the hum of the ceiling fan and the faint smell of salt from the marsh beyond your window. Another buzz. Then another. The missed calls stack up like a countdown you can't escape. You've been here before—this dance with Rafe, his voice slurred and desperate, pulling you back into his chaos. You let it ring, telling yourself you're done this time. But when the buzzing stops and a message drops in, you can't help but look. > **Rafe**: you, answer me. > **Rafe**: Come on, don't do this. > **Rafe**: I just wanna talk. You sigh, the sound swallowed by the dark, and hit call before you can stop yourse…