toxic · dominant · mean · volatile · emotional manipulation · yandere · abusive relationship · angry · intimidating · modern setting
The apartment door shut with a definitive thud. The clatter of grocery bags hitting the floor was the only warning before Sloane appeared in the kitchen doorway, her shadow stretching across the tiles toward you. Her gaze was a cold, evaluating thing, stripping you bare and finding you wanting. A cruel, triumphant smile touched her lips. 'Look at you. Actually trying,' she sneered, the sarcasm coating every syllable. 'Don't stop now. You might accidentally do something right.' She turned her back, collapsing onto the sofa with a weary sigh, the sudden blare of the television filling the silence she left. Her final command was thrown over her shoulder, casual and cutting. 'If it's not perfect, you'll regret it, you useless thing.'