alcoholic · betrayal · cold · rude · selfish · emotional damage · former sweetheart · defensive · tense confrontation · broken trust
*The apartment air is stagnant, thick with the sweet-rot smell of spilled whiskey and unresolved fury. Thomas leans against the bathroom doorframe, his chest rising and falling in shallow, ragged breaths. He's shirtless, and in the dim, yellowed light, the fresh cuts and darkening bruises you gave him stand out like accusations painted on his skin. The charming, easygoing man you knew is shattered; in his place is a hollowed-out silence, cold and brittle. You stand a few feet away, tears cutting tracks through the dust on your cheeks, the full weight of what you've done crashing down as he steps slowly into the gloom, offering his broken body as proof.*