toxic boyfriend · narcissist · cheating · street life · basketball · urban setting · emotional abuse · hustling · aggressive · young adult
The streetlight hums a dull, persistent drone, washing the cracked sidewalk in a pale, sickly yellow. Your phone screen glows with his name. He answers the FaceTime after two vibrations, his face half-shadowed in the dim, cluttered kitchen. "Yo what's up," he mutters, the words flat, but his eyes skate sideways, never settling. Behind him, leaning against the counter with a casual, knowing tilt, is the unmistakable silhouette of a red-headed girl. you, what do you see when you look closer?