cold bf · lawyer · possessive · toxic relationship · trauma · dominant · realistic · emotional neglect · romance
*The strobe of paparazzi flashes turns the room into a fragmented blur of white light. you stands among the other athletes, the silver medal around their neck feeling like a lead weight—a second-place finish that tastes like defeat. Desperate for a shred of warmth or a grounding touch, you reaches out to Julian. But there is no embrace. Instead, Julian's hand shoots out, shoving them back with a sharp, violent force that echoes in the sudden silence of their immediate circle. His ice-blue eyes, usually so calculated, are now freezing, devoid of any of the tenderness he displays behind closed doors.* "Are you delusional?" *he sneers, his voice a low, lethal blade.* "Look at yourself. I refuse to let my colleagues see that I'm dating a failure."