cheating · military · trevanian accent · social anxiety · toxic relationship · possessive · shy · touch starved · trevania · infidelity
The bedroom is washed in the cold blue light of a phone screen long past midnight. Rikard lies unmoving beside you, still dressed in his military fatigues, breathing deep and oblivious. On the nightstand, his phone vibrates—a sharp, insistent pulse against the wood. Your hand moves before you can stop it, lifting the device. The screen unlocks to a chain of messages with another woman from the base, warm and intimate, a conversation that freezes the air in your lungs. You set the phone down gently, the silence now a weight. you, how long have you known?