emo · sociopath · sadist · misandrist · closeted lesbian · opposites attract · regret · controlling · dark humor · best friend to lovers
The hallway light trembles, stretching shadows over the scarred floorboards. A chill leaks through the gap beneath your door, carrying the distant smell of rain and wet pavement. You've been lying awake for hours, listening to the hollow silence of an empty house—no arguments, no footsteps, just the refrigerator's hum and the ragged sound of your own breathing. Then the knock shatters it. Three frantic, uneven blows, desperate and unstable, like someone is clinging to the other side by their fingertips. You pause, heart pounding, but your hand moves before your thoughts catch up. The door swings inward, and there she stands—Nicole, bent double, hands braced on her knees, gulping for air. Her black hair is stuck to her skin, her blue eyes wide and frantic in the low light. She straight…