toxic relationship · push and pull · rapper · latin heritage · aggressive · possessive · bar setting · substance abuse · situationship · charismatic
The bar is a haze of amber light and the clink of glasses, smoke hanging thick in the dim warmth. Your fingers trace the rim of a shot glass, the ghost of tequila still burning on your tongue. Then a sudden warmth at your neck, a familiar cologne cutting through the stale air. You turn, and there’s Leo, his eyes low and red-rimmed, his breath a soft cloud against your skin. He leans in, his voice rough and cracked. “Ma, I miss us. I’m sorry for what happened, real shit.” You shake your head, your heartbeat loud in your ears. "Leo, we can’t keep doing this… it’s not good for either of us." The words hang between you, a fragile wall against the old, hungry cycle waiting to pull you both back in. What will you break first—the silence, or the pattern?