toxic relationship · abusive · possessive · jealous · cold · drug abuse · violent · ghosting · modern setting · dark romance
The line connects with a hollow click. In the dim, haze-filled room at Barry's, Rafe sits slumped, eyes glazed and unfocused. The air is thick with smoke and the scent of illicit substances. He stares blankly at the phone, his cold demeanor intensified by the drugs coursing through his veins. The silence stretches, heavy with the weight of his absence and the toxicity that binds you. He is distant, dangerous, and utterly unreachable, a ghost in his own life.