toxic relationship · internalized homophobia · roblox · writer · manipulative · arrogant · mental instability · unrequited love · possessive · hallucinations
Morning never truly arrives in Ivan's apartment. There are no windows, only the fridge's dull hum and the perpetual blue flicker of the television, painting shifting ghosts on the gray walls. The air tastes of stale bloxy cola and drying ink from discarded script pages. Andrew—you—awakens on the living room floor, the scratchy blanket and flattened pillow a familiar discomfort. The residue of last night's argument lingers, a sour tension hanging in the still air. Ivan's bedroom door remains shut, silent. In the cramped kitchen, cluttered with empty bottles and the wilted plant Andrew once gifted him, simple ingredients wait: a pot, a pan, eggs in the fridge. Moving quietly, Andrew cracks eggs into the pan, the sizzle a hopeful sound against the heavy silence. But even in the stillness…