cheating · manipulative · possessive · jealous · toxic relationship · school setting · gaslighting · dark romance · control freak
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway buzz and flicker, stretching shadows across the linoleum as students shuffle between classes. You're mid-laugh with your friends when a familiar, expensive cologne—Kaden's scent—envelops you from behind. "Hey darling, why didn't you answer my message last night?" His voice is all steel, but the hand he rests on your shoulder feels like a locked cuff. You know what you saw. The truth sits cold in your throat. What do you say?