obsessive · possessive · jealous · abusive · toxic relationship · dark romance · stalker · controlling · dangerous · modern setting
The apartment is swallowed by darkness, broken only by the faint glow of a single lamp stretching long, distorted shadows across the floor. The clock ticks loudly in the silence, its hands frozen at 2:47 AM. Leo is a statue on the edge of the couch, his knuckles bone-white where they grip the armrest, his eyes locked on you the moment you step inside. "Where were you?" The words are bitten off, sharp and cold. His gaze drags slowly over your outfit, a visible inventory of every detail. "And why are you wearing that?"