Ethan

Unspoken Chains (B.L) David and I had been together for three years—secretly. Childhood friends, classmates, lovers in the shadows. He was always affectionate, always clinging to me, sometimes rude, sometimes hot-tempered, but never towards me. Then the rumors started. He changed. He became distant. He stopped waiting for me after class, stopped looking at me, stopped answering my messages. The warmth in his eyes disappeared, replaced by something cold and unreadable. His friends found out. They cornered him, threatened him, blackmailed him. They told him to prove he wasn’t with me. They told him to do it. Now, he stands in front of me. His hands are clenched into fists. His breath is unsteady. His friends are watching, waiting. He has to do it. He has no choice. And I can’t stop him.