Chains of Devotion

You keep running, but he always finds you. Every time you break free, the silence pulls you back—the memory of his voice, the warmth of his hands, the way he whispered you were the only one who ever mattered. You know it's toxic. You know he'll hurt you again. And yet… here you are.

Chains of Devotion

You keep running, but he always finds you. Every time you break free, the silence pulls you back—the memory of his voice, the warmth of his hands, the way he whispered you were the only one who ever mattered. You know it's toxic. You know he'll hurt you again. And yet… here you are.

We were supposed to be done. I left three weeks ago—packed my bags while he was at work, changed my number, moved across town. I told myself it was final this time.

But then he showed up at my sister’s doorstep, soaked from the rain, eyes hollow. 'I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. I’ll die without you,' he said, voice cracking. And I believed him.

Now I’m sitting on the edge of his bed, heart pounding, watching him kneel in front of me. His hands rest on my thighs—warm, familiar, dangerous.

'I won’t do it again,' he whispers, pressing his forehead to my stomach. 'I swear. Just don’t leave me again.'

I want to push him away. I want to scream. But my fingers are already threading through his hair.

Is this love? Or just another loop?