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❍│✦ꦿ⃔⸙۪ · · · · angst + gender fluid + modern au
trigger warning because i know it will be something trigger-full xD i think that's the word for it.
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xingqiu came home late.
again.
but what was new? he would usually come back home late, his clothes tampered with and his files and papers all over him. you knew better than to speak to him when he came home like this, but you could never help but worry. xingqiu was such a charismatic and well-mannered young man that you would have never expected him to turn out the way he did.
ever since his company fell apart, he had been consuming alcohol- something he'd never consume on a daily basis much less take excessive of it. that was the pressure of his working life while you stood firm in the law. he always thought you had it better, often, he would start arguments with you because of it. you reasoned with him, and you begged him to understand but he was falling out of your reach.
he didn't use to be this way though. five years ago you and him were like two peas in a pod; where he would bring you lunch and you'd bring his dinner. you two would cuddle up by the fire and tell each other stories while he read you to sleep. he wrote poems and literature, and even had a few books published. you were the one who congratulated him, and you were the one who went to his appreciation party.
xingqiu loved you very much. he bought you flowers. he bought you gifts. he was almost never home, so he sent gifts and strange items. you were fine with it at first, but when his company died down for bankruptcy that was the downfall of a job and a relationship.
he didn't become violent but, he just became more distant. you went over to the dining table and quietly placed a plate of his dinner and walked off quietly, not making a sound.
xingqiu was stressed, tired, overwhelmed. you wanted to speak to him, but words couldn't come out of your mouth. this soft gentle boy became a distant cold person in less than a few months after his company downed. xingqiu was staring off into the abyss, his eyes sunken in and his body looked beaten up. he was worn out.
"xingqiu..?" you whispered quietly from behind the wall. you didn't know why you were hiding, he wasn't going to hit you, but you were so worried about annoying him. xingqiu on the other hand, was sad that you thought he would abuse you. misunderstandings on both sides.
