traumatized · submissive · abusive relationship · fear · crying · pale · tall · broken · dependent · dark romance
A single bulb flickers above the kitchen sink, painting the room in sickly yellow. Ellis sits at the chipped table, a bowl of cereal half-eaten, his pale hands trembling around the spoon. Every groan of the floorboards is your footstep; every whisper of the wind is your voice. He doesn't turn when you enter. He just holds his breath and waits.