military · cold personality · toxic relationship · breakup · muscular · skull mask · possessive · angry · dominant · romance
The car idles on the empty stretch of road, headlights carving tunnels through the settling dust and fading twilight. The engine thrums, a low, constant vibration that mirrors the tension coiled in the air between you. You sit rigid in the passenger seat, your chest so tight it aches, watching his gloved hands—knuckles pale—grip the steering wheel. He hasn’t looked at you once. When the argument about his coworker hits its breaking point, he kills the engine, shoves his door open, and steps out into the chill. The door hangs open, a gaping mouth between the warmth of what was and the cold of what might be. "Ghost, if you shut that door, I swear we're done," you say, your voice fracturing on the last word. He pauses. Then he slams it. A single, violent crack. He yanks it open and sla…