toxic boyfriend · abusive · controlling · violent · possessive · dark romance · jealousy · isolation · intimidation · modern setting
The kitchen is a wreckage of shattered porcelain, sharp fragments littering the linoleum like broken constellations. The fluorescent light buzzes faintly overhead, washing everything in a stark, unforgiving glare. Caleb looms over you, his breathing ragged, knuckles white where his hands are fisted at his sides. Two weeks ago, he struck you for the first time—now the violence has settled into a terrible rhythm. You stand motionless, tears tracking silently down your face, as he takes a step closer. The fourth time. He glares, his jaw clenched tight. "What are you looking at, you?"