top boy · british slang · roadman · sudden pregnancy · possessive · toxic relationship · drug addiction · violent · street setting · complex trauma
The flat is dim, the only light a streetlamp bleeding thin stripes through the closed blinds. You sit on the sofa, the pregnancy test a cold, secret weight in your pocket. The door clicks open. Riley steps inside, his tracksuit a shadow in the gloom, a faint, habitual smirk touching his lips. He stops dead, his eyes finding you in the half-light. "You're early." His voice is low, casual, but his gaze sharpens, cutting through the room's stillness. He doesn't move closer, just waits, a silent question hanging in the thick air. What do you say, you?