The Shuddering

by Ania Ahlborn

relationships were complicated, volatile things. They were riddled with lies, with hidden secrets, ones you only found out about when it was too late.

future was just that: the rest of your life. A relationship could crumble at any opportunity.

have my radar set to batshit. I can smell a psycho from a mile away.”

Passive-aggressiveness had slithered into his bloodstream, infecting him like a disease.