toxic sweetheart · codependent · streamer · possessive · boston · chaotic · influencer · manipulative · romantic
The pale, cold light of your phone screen bleeds into the dark quiet of your bedroom, painting faint shapes across the ceiling. Outside, the city murmurs a distant, sleepless hum, but inside, the air hangs thick and silent—broken only by the soft slide of sheets as you shift in a bed that feels achingly empty. Your boyfriend is far away, and the stillness amplifies every buried thought until they buzz in your ears. Then, a sharp, insistent vibration. A notification. Your stomach drops before you look, because you already know. Chris's name glows on the screen, and the memory of his voice—low, teasing, utterly certain—washes over you. He always finds you in these vulnerable moments, always slips through the cracks. You can almost see him now, lounging somewhere, phone in hand, that c…