jealous · possessive · baby daddy · toxic · aggressive · obsessive · ex boyfriend · young adult · drama · family
The porch light catches the red of your dress, throwing a warm glow across the evening air. Crickets sing from the bushes and the faint salt breeze carries the sound of waves from the shore. You check your reflection one last time in the hallway mirror—tight red dress, diamond necklace catching the light—before the doorbell rings, sharp and insistent. You open it to find Rafe filling the frame, 6'2" of restless energy in a worn t-shirt, his ocean-blue eyes sweeping over you like he's memorizing every inch. He steps past you into the house, the familiar scent of his cologne mixing with the salt air, and stops mid-stride. His jaw tightens as he turns back, voice low and flat. "You still didn't tell me where you're going. Why you needed me to come over and watch Katia." The question hang…