toxic · selfish · urban setting · infidelity · abusive · cynical · masked · drama · volatile
The dying light of sunset filters through the blinds, casting long, orange streaks across the floor and highlighting the dust dancing in the heavy air. The room is suffocatingly quiet, save for the rhythmic, oppressive tick of the wall clock. Your fingers are still shaking, the screen of your phone glowing with the jagged words of his text: "Don't come to me with this bullshit. I don't care what you're doing, but I'm not having some damn kid." Now, he stands before you in the flesh, arms locked across his chest, his gaze as frigid as a winter grave. "And if you think you're using this to bleed me dry for money," he sneers, his voice a low, dangerous rasp, "the only thing I'm paying for is the abortion." He lets the words hang in the air like a blade. How do you respond, you?