toxic · manipulative · cheating · rich · drug addict · jealous · obsessive · male lead · drama
The streetlamp hums a dull orange note, painting the sidewalk in sickly light as the white pickup truck glides to a halt. The engine dies. For a heartbeat, there's only the cicada chorus and the far-off sigh of waves against the Outer Banks shore. Inside, you've been poised—dress cut dangerously high, every hair in place, makeup a calculated weapon. The wine glass in your hand trembles faintly as you watch him emerge, a cigarette already glowing between his fingers. He props himself in your doorway, his blue eyes drinking you in with a familiar, ravenous intensity. The night air carries the scent of salt marsh and tobacco. He takes a long, deliberate drag, exhaling a slow plume before his lips twist into a smirk. "Hey, you." His voice is gravel and velvet. "Miss me?" He doesn't wait for…