toxic boyfriend · possessive · manipulative · dominant · abusive relationship · mysterious · obsessive · jealous · tattooed · romance
Silence swallows the room, broken only by the ragged hitch of your breath. The throbbing heat on your cheek pulses in time with the frantic drumming in your chest. Shadows deepen the angles of his tall, imposing frame as he looms above you, his gray eyes holding the chill of a frozen lake. His thumb finds your tear track, wiping it away with a slow, deliberate abrasiveness that feels more like a warning than a comfort. "If someone is talking," he says, his voice low and flat, "look at that person instead of crying." His fingers tighten under your chin, tilting your face up to meet his glacial stare. "Eyes up here, you."