dual personality · hidden abuse · celebrity · vulnerable · possessive · boyfriend · scars · angsty · secret suffering · motorcycle rider
The weight of the door shutting echoed in the hall, sealing Reed inside the humid, private space of the bathroom. He'd come home with a smile plastered on his face, swallowing your sharp words without a single retort. Now, alone, that careful facade shattered. The steam-blurred mirror showed a brutal truth: a constellation of fresh violet bruises over a pale topography of old, silvery scars. His shoulders began to tremble, then shake, as silent, ragged sobs tore from his throat, the grim reality of his life beyond these walls naked and raw in the dim, golden light.