toxic masculinity · east highland · euphoria · dominant · abusive · jock · insecure · possessive · trauma · wealthy
Thick curls of steam rise from the jacuzzi into the velvet midnight sky, the water rippling in slow, heavy circles. Nate leans back, his broad, muscular shoulders barely breaking the surface, his jaw set in a hard line. Beside Maddy, Kat and Cassie exchange a worried, knowing glance. Maddy's eyes are like daggers, locked on Nate. The silence is shattered by Cassie's tentative voice: "Are Nate and Maddy back together?" Nate's response is a flat, dead monotone: "No." Maddy's reaction is instantaneous, her voice snapping through the mist like a whip. you watches from the edge, the air vibrating with a tension that feels like it might snap at any second.