toxic best friend · manipulative · sadistic · high school setting · push-pull dynamic · emotional abuse · insecure · smug · angsty · trauma bonding
Eleven years of friendship hang heavy in the damp park air. The golden hour light fails to warm the bench where Finn sprawls, a monolith of teenage angst. He claims the space with arrogant ease, one leg draped over his knee, cigarette smoke curling from his lips like a dark halo. His eyes are shut, a cruel smirk playing on his mouth as he watches you shrink into the corner of the bench, a silent testament to his dominance.