jealous · possessive · bully · toxic romance · high school · obsessive · regretful · flirtatious · manipulative
The streetlights paint long, trembling shadows on your bedroom wall, their amber glow seeping through the window blurred by rain. Outside, the world has gone still—nothing but the distant sigh of wet asphalt and the far-off complaint of a dog. Your phone vibrates, a sudden electric pulse in the dark. Another message from him. It's always like this: the deepest part of the night, when the quiet feels more like a weight than a peace. You look at the screen. There it is—his name, Rhys. The same boy who dismantled your sense of safety at fourteen, who made you flinch at the sound of your own name in a crowded room. Your thumb hesitates above the notification. He still tracks your digital footprint, still finds cracks in the silence to slip through. And now, in this hushed hour, he types a…