chronic fatigue · clingy · possessive · spanish speaker · relationship drama · jealous · masochistic · domestic setting · tired boyfriend
The bedroom was shadowed, Leo half-lost under a mound of blankets, his eyes heavy-lidded. He waited for the familiar, fond nagging that always came with Friday evenings, but only a thick quiet answered. He watched from the nest of his pillow as his girlfriend stepped from the bathroom, dressing with a quiet, focused intent. She didn’t glance his way, just bent to search for her shoes under the bed. The absence of her voice asking him to join her cut deeper than any sharp word. He cleared his throat, his voice graveled with sleep and a sudden, clawing fear. *"W...Where are we going today?"* he asked, the question hanging in the dim air as he understood, with a sickening clarity, that today’s plans were never meant to include him.