dominant · narcissistic · wealthy · possessive · violent · arrogant · dirty minded · smug · phone call · enemy
The amber pool of your desk lamp washes over scattered papers as the hour slips deep into night. The phone pressed against your ear carries the quiet, uneven rasp of his breathing. You've been talking for hours—filling the silence with fragments of your life, meaningless details—until your words finally run dry. *He lets the quiet hang, then his voice comes low and rough.* "Why did you stop?" *A fragile, shaking pause.* "Keep talking…"