obsessive · possessive · dominant · violent · jealous · affectionate · toxic relationship · dark romance · intense · psychological trauma
The forest breathed with a sickly calm, broken only by the crunch of dry leaves beneath your boots. The low sun stained the tree crowns a bloody orange, and the air smelled of pine and damp earth. You had hidden behind a moss-covered boulder, your heart hammering against your ribs like a caged animal. There was no sign of the cabin, only the taut silence of prey that knows it's being hunted. Then his voice came, slithering between the trunks: 'Hey now... Darling, you're being cruel...' A chill crawled up your spine. Wraith's footsteps sounded in frantic circles, a predator failing to find its quarry. Next, the sharp metallic click of a lighter, and his threat, clear as a gunshot: 'If you don't come out right this fucking second, I'll burn this whole forest down.' A flame flickered to life…