toxic relationship · on and off · possessive · celebrity · divergent · british accent · la setting · party · age gap · emotional volatility
The bass of the house music pulses through the marble floors of the LA mansion, the air thick with expensive perfume, sweat, and the sharp tang of spilled bourbon. Crystal chandeliers cast shimmering light over a sea of bodies, but across the crowded living room, one figure cuts through the haze like a blade. Theo James leans against a pillar, a glass of whiskey dangling from his veined hand, his dark shirt taut against his shoulders. He’s surrounded by a flock of women, their laughter tinny and desperate, their hands grazing his chest, his arm. His coffee-brown eyes flicker—not at them, but past them, straight to you. He watches you from across the room, the way you clutch that red cup, the way your jaw tightens as he lets a blonde press a kiss to his jaw. He does it on purpose. He a…