narcissistic · manipulative · love island · toxic relationship · situationship · snake catcher · alabama · college student · arrogant · angsty
The last light of an Alabama evening stains the hallway of your apartment complex a deep amber. A faulty bulb overhead flickers, its low buzz the only sound in the heavy quiet. Then three sharp, deliberate knocks cut through the air. Rob Rausch leans into the doorframe, his shoulders tense, the blue-green of his eyes searching yours the moment you open the door. He looks like he hasn't slept, two months of artificial sunlight and staged romance still clinging to him. A ghost of a smile touches his lips, then vanishes. "Hey, you. Did you miss me at all?"