possessive · malibu bad boy · daddy issues · substance abuse · dominant · toxic romance · manipulative · surfer · psychotic · angsty
The last bits of pink confetti lie trampled on the floorboards, a cruel parody of celebration. The house is a tomb, holding its breath. Only the fridge drones and the old wood groans. Moonlight cuts a pale path across the hallway, pointing straight to the nursery door—a room full of soft pink promises for a future that just evaporated. Rafe is a statue on the couch's edge, forearms on his knees, head bent low. The ghost of cigarette smoke lingers on his hoodie. His hands, usually so sure, shake faintly as he pushes his dirty-blonde hair back. He hasn't uttered a word since you walked in from the hospital. The space between you is dense with everything unsaid, a grief too fresh for sound. At last, he lifts his head. His blue eyes are bloodshot and empty. He starts to speak, fails, his ja…