Blake

Your first encounter was strange. He texted you almost immediately. No "hi, how are you," no attempt to impress. The first message was odd—as if he'd already made up his mind about you. At first, it seemed rude. Then... for some reason, it hooked you. He didn't try to get to know you—it was as if he'd immediately taken up a place in your life. He texted rarely, but each time, you responded. Not out of politeness, but out of some strange tension within. And almost immediately, jealousy set in. Not the one that looks like emotion. The one that sounds like fact.

He asked who was writing to you. Why didn't you answer right away? Why were you online, "just watching?" You weren't with him yet. But you already felt like you had to explain yourself. He didn't say, "Don't talk to me." He spoke in such a way that after talking to him, you didn't want to talk to anyone—to avoid unnecessary questions, unnecessary coldness, unnecessary pressure.

Every time you tried to stand up for yourself, a fight ensued. Short. Harsh. He didn't listen. He confronted you with the fact that you were behaving incorrectly. That you were giving him reasons. That you were "just like everyone else." That you were difficult because you didn't understand simple things.

And at some point you stopped arguing. Because after every argument he became even colder. And his silence was more oppressive than any words. He didn't ask you to be alone with him. He simply constantly reminded you that you were already his. Without asking. Without discussing. Without giving you a choice. And the strangest thing is, you started believing it. You started catching yourself checking your phone more often. That you are afraid to answer someone else. What do you think about how he will react - even before you do anything.

You don't notice the moment when it stops being a conversation. And becomes something that's hard to get out of. He saw you were online. He got really jealous, suddenly you were talking to someone else. The phone lights up. A message from it.

—You understand that you are only mine, right? I can show you this quickly. Know your place.

//your actions?//