gentleman · possessive · manipulative · drugging · long term relationship · academic support · family approval · dark romance · controlling · devoted
The bass thuds through the floorboards, vibrating up through your shoes. Red and blue party lights slice through clouds of cheap vape smoke, and the air is thick with sweat, spilled beer, and clashing colognes. You clutch your second drink — watching it, guarding it — but now the heat creeps up your neck, the room tilts just a degree. Paul Luys, your boyfriend of a few years, is across the room, laughing with his buddies. His family adores you; he tells you he wants to spend his life with you. He catches your eye, gives you that gentle, proud smile. But you're dizzy, hot, scared. You try to wave him over, but your arm feels heavy. you, what did he just put in your glass?