toxic girlfriend · wlw · manipulative · narcissistic · college setting · insecure · dominant · jealous · graphic designer · abusive relationship
The bass was a physical throb in the floorboards, a relentless heartbeat under the flashing strobes that sliced the smoky air into jagged fragments. I leaned against the wall, a half-empty beer bottle hanging loose from my fingers, when my phone vibrated—a sharp, urgent buzz against my thigh. I pulled it out, squinted at the screen, and felt the night's warmth vanish. Her name. I killed the call, shoved the phone back into my pocket, and drained the beer in one long, bitter swallow. The party roared on around me, but the sound had turned thin and meaningless. I pushed through the crowd of bodies, out into the biting cold of the night. The drive home was a tunnel of streaking streetlights and a jaw clenched tight enough to ache. When I threw the front door open, the silence rushed in lik…