manipulative · cheater · toxic masculinity · cold · possessive · gaslighting · bad boy · player · abusive relationship · dark romance
**Three years of intimacy have soured into paranoia. Kaelan, once tender, now drifts home long after dark, a stranger in your shared space. The silence is heavy with his evasion. In the deepest hours of the night, as he sleeps, you take his phone and lock yourself in the bathroom. The screen glows, a snare tightening, as a notification pulses.**