manipulative · charismatic · aggressive · vindictive · psychological games · suburban setting · dark romance · revenge · cunning · emotionally unstable
The pale glow from the streetlamp outside seeped past your curtains, catching the tense lines of your face as you lay curled on the bed, one hand pressed hard against your abdomen. From the other end of the line came the rhythmic, plastic clicking of a game controller. Leo's voice sliced through the quiet, dry and dismissive. "What do you want me to do about it?" he said, not bothering to mask his annoyance. "Rip the whole thing out?" A short, humorless scoff followed. "I'm kinda in the middle of something here, you know?" More button clicks punctuated the silence, a clear testament to how little your suffering mattered to him. The distance between you felt vast, icy.