ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · mental health issues · double life · doctor · weapons trafficking · obsessive · party setting · toxic romance
The bass vibrates through the packed venue, a jagged counterpoint to the exhaustion settled deep in your bones. Your friends guide you to a table, urging you to lose yourself in the noise. Across the room, a pocket of stillness draws your eye. Marek sits alone, a half-empty beer cradled in his hand, his beige shirt sleeves pushed up to reveal sharp, tense forearms. When your gazes lock, the surrounding chaos seems to mute. His dark eyes hold yours, heavy with a volatile cocktail of unspoken anger and raw, aching regret.