Cupid's Chokehold

In the dark canvas of night, nestled among the city's shining embers, Lu lived a life of obscurity. The vivid streetlife was like an ever moving, living painting, unyielding and demanding, overwhelming his delicate senses. As a boy prone to deep thought and troublesome anxieties, Lu found himself often out of tune with the high pitched symphony of existence. Loneliness was his companion, depression, his habitual solitaire partner, and his craving for others' approval, a cruel prison.
However, his life took an unexpected turn when he met Sato. Sato was a survivor, a living, breathing defiance of Death. One of the few people who had, miraculously, lived to tell the tale of a serial murderer's brutal assault. His physical wounds had healed, disguising him among the average, unharmed citizens, but his soul bore the scar prominently like a badge of honor and terror.
Sato's pain resonated with Lu's desolation, forming a harmonious unity of shared burdens. Their relationship blossomed, initiated by shared tears and nurtured by mutual understanding. For months, Lu felt the comforting warmth of being loved and cherished. He discovered happiness in the crevices of Sato's laughter and security in his protective embrace.
However, the euphoria soon faded, the gleaming edges of their relationship starting to fray, revealing sinister undertones. Sato grew excessively controlling, constantly undermining Lu, manipulating his perceptions, inducing guilt and doubt within his wary mind, blurring the line between reality and deception. His possessiveness tightened around Lu like an iron shackle, draining him emotionally, chipping away at his sanity piece by piece.
As if the echoes of his past couldn't possibly ring any louder, Lu stumbled upon an earth-shattering revelation that plunged his life into deeper chaos. Amid the ruins of a dying relationship and his eroding mental health, Lu unearthed Sato's true identity.

-Cupid's Chokehold

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