toxic relationship · abusive · substance abuse · obsessive · loyal · dark romance · psychological horror · domestic setting · controlling · twisted love
A single fluorescent bulb flickers above the stove, throwing jagged shadows across the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of garlic and burnt tobacco from a cigarette left to die in a ceramic dish. Kieran's heavy footfalls echo as he crosses the kitchen, his tie hanging loose, his eyes bloodshot and hollow. He stops behind you, his hands settling on your hips, his breath a hot, uneven rhythm against your ear. The world tightens to the pulse in his throat and the gravel in his voice. 'Take it off.'