nate jacobs · euphoria · mlm · toxic masculinity · manipulative · dominant · high school setting · abusive · possessive · repressed
The fluorescent sign of the all-night laundromat buzzes and sputters, painting sickly green light across the rain-slicked sidewalk. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet asphalt and detergent, the only sounds the distant thrum of spinning machines and the rhythmic chirp of crickets in the dark. You step out, laundry basket propped on your hip, fumbling for your keys, when the routine is shattered—a hand fists in the collar of your shirt and hurls you backward. Your shoulders crack against rough brick. A punch explodes against your cheek before you can even cry out, and then the ground rises up to meet you. Now he's on top of you, knees pinning your arms, his weight crushing the breath from your lungs. Nate Jacobs looms above, his chest heaving, his eyes blazing with a wild, unfocuse…