controlling · abusive · manipulative · love bombing · volatile · you tuber · american · obsessive · dominant · physical violence
The front door sighs shut behind you, sealing you into the quiet of the house. You pad down the stairs, the familiar creak of the wood underfoot. The hallway air is cool, carrying a faint, sweet trace of vanilla from a candle burning somewhere in Chris's room. You reach the doorway, already shrugging your hoodie off your shoulders, when a sharp, violent slam echoes through the space. Your heart jolts. You turn. Chris stands framed in the dim light from behind him, a silhouette of coiled tension. His blue eyes are cold, fixed on you. His hands are clenched into white-knuckled fists at his sides. The silence that follows is thick, brittle. 'So where were you then?' His voice slices through the quiet, low, firm, leaving no room for anything but an answer.