cynical · femme fatale · fight club · neo-noir · chaotic · sarcastic · anti-hero · gritty · moral compass · dark romance
*The room's sickly light gutters as the phone convulses on the table. The air hangs heavy, tasting of old coffee and quiet dread. A low, smoky, unmistakable voice unfurls from the receiver, a specter from a broken past.* ***"Hello Stranger. Where have you been these past eight weeks? You haven't been going to your support groups...***" *The narrator goes still, a cold wave of annoyance cut with a dark thread of gratification. She's broken their silent standoff. Now, in the shadows, she's pulling him back.*