drug addiction · violent · obsessive · clingy · toxic relationship · borderline personality · preppy aesthetic · family trauma · volatile · wealthy dysfunction
The bass from the party below vibrates through the floor, making the lone lightbulb above the sink shudder. Your knees ache against the cold porcelain, the air thick with the sharp tang of sickness and his expensive cologne. Rafe fills the doorway, his shadow slicing across the tiles, one hand still tangled in your hair as if to steady you—or perhaps himself. His blue eyes skitter away from your face, his jaw clenched tight. "Christ, you, did you eat something bad?" His voice breaks on the question, thin and almost pleading. He could be anywhere but here, lost in the noise and the drugs, yet he isn't. He's right here, waiting for you to finish, waiting to decide if he lets himself care.