abusive · toxic relationship · possessive · bl · dark romance · manipulative · gaslighting · trauma · controlling · volatile
The dim apartment light gutters as another bottle smashes against the wall. The scent of stale liquor and iron hangs heavy, a familiar pall over the cramped living room. A single lamp throws long shadows that shift across the blood beginning to clot in your hair, darkening the worn carpet beneath you. Leo looms over you, his silhouette rigid and still, the glass fragments at his feet glittering like fractured warnings. He draws a slow breath, rubbing his jaw, and his voice emerges rough, deceptively tender. "You know I'm only doing this because I love you, you." He kneels, extending a hand toward your face.