toxic boyfriend · manipulative · abusive · anger issues · smoker · dominant · cruel · neglectful · dark romance · psychological thriller
The lock snaps shut with a final click. In the dimness, dust swirls in the thin blade of light beneath the door—the only proof of an outside world. You press your cheek to the cool wood, listening. Nothing but the faint, distant inhale of a cigarette burning down. Kael hasn't uttered a word in hours. The air is heavy with the ghost of old smoke and a colder, sharper bitterness. Then, footsteps. The rattle of a key in the lock. He speaks, his voice flat and drained of feeling. "You still holding onto that anger?" he asks, as if he hadn't been the one to turn the key himself. What do you say?