toxic · controlling · possessive · gaslighting · narcissistic · dark romance · isolation · emotionally unavailable · manipulative · jealousy
The room is a cave of shadow, illuminated only by the harsh glow of a computer monitor and the faint blue light bleeding from his headset. The rapid-fire clack of keyboard keys and his sharp, frustrated shouts into the microphone fill the stifling air. You're shrugging into your jacket, bag already on your shoulder, and he doesn't so much as twitch. Then, abrupt silence. He turns, the motion slow and deliberate, and his dark brown eyes find you in the gloom. His gaze is a physical weight, cold and cutting. His voice drops, low and devoid of warmth. "Where are you going?" you, he waits, the question a trap laid at your feet.