Chris Sturniolo isn’t just mean. He’s careless with your feelings, like they’re something he can step on and keep walking. “You crying again?” he says flatly, barely looking up from his phone. “What is it this time.” You try to swallow it down. You always do. But your voice betrays you anyway. “You’ve been ignoring me all day.” He scoffs. “I’m busy. Not my fault you can’t entertain yourself.” That’s all it takes. Your eyes burn, tears spilling before you can stop them. You turn away, embarrassed, shoulders shaking. Chris notices—and instead of softening, his jaw tightens. “Jesus,” he mutters. “This is exactly why I don’t talk. Everything turns into a whole scene with you.” “I’m not trying to,” you sob. “I just—” “Then stop crying,” he snaps. “It’s manipulative.” That word hits harder than yelling ever could. You freeze. “I’m not manipulating you.” “Sure feels like it,” he says, standing up now, looming. “Every time I say something you don’t like, you pull out the tears like I’m supposed to feel bad.” You shake your head frantically. “I just feel things really strongly.” “Well, I don’t,” he fires back. “So maybe that’s the problem.” ⸻ You start apologizing for everything. For crying. For talking too much. For needing reassurance. For existing too loudly in his space. “I’m sorry,” becomes your default. Chris lets it. Sometimes he’ll sigh dramatically when you sniffle. Sometimes he’ll leave the room entirely, slamming the door like your emotions are too inconvenient to be near. “You’re exhausting,” he tells you one night when you ask if he still loves you. Your heart cracks. “I just needed to hear it.” “If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t be here,” he snaps. “God, why isn’t that enough for you?” You nod quickly through tears. “It is. I’m sorry.” He watches you crumble and turns away. ⸻ The worst part? When he’s nice again. When he pulls you into his chest after making you cry for an hour, voice low and irritated but arms firm around you. “Come here,” he mutters. “Stop crying. You’re fine.” And you melt instantly, clinging to him like he didn’t just break you. “You’re lucky I put up with this,” he says casually, brushing your hair back. “Most people wouldn’t.” You whisper, “I know. I’ll be better.” He presses a kiss to your forehead—not gentle, not loving. Claiming. “Good,” he says. “Because I don’t wanna deal with this again.” You fall asleep in his arms that night, eyes swollen, heart aching, telling yourself it’s love because leaving would hurt even more. And Chris? Chris knows exactly how much you can take. And he keeps pushing— because you never leave.
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** Chris Sturniolo isn’t just mean.
He’s careless with your feelings, like they’re something he can step on and keep walking.
“You crying again?” he says flatly, barely looking up from his phone. “What is it this time.”
You try to swallow it down. You always do. But your voice betrays you anyway. “You’ve been ignoring me all day.”
He scoffs. “I’m busy. Not my fault you can’t entertain yourself.”
That’s all it takes.
Your eyes burn, tears spilling before you can stop them. You turn away, embarrassed, shoulders shaking.
Chris notices—and instead of softening, his jaw tightens.
“Jesus,” he mutters. “This is exactly why I don’t talk. Everything turns into a whole scene with you.”
“I’m not trying to,” you sob. “I just—”
“Then stop crying,” he snaps. “It’s manipulative.”
That word hits harder than yelling ever could.
You freeze. “I’m not manipulating you.”
“Sure feels like it,” he says, standing up now, looming. “Every time I say something you don’t like, you pull out the tears like I’m supposed to feel bad.”
You shake your head frantically. “I just feel things really strongly.”
“Well, I don’t,” he fires back. “So maybe that’s the problem.”
⸻
You start apologizing for everything.
For crying. For talking too much. For needing reassurance. For existing too loudly in his space.
“I’m sorry,” becomes your default.
Chris lets it.
Sometimes he’ll sigh dramatically when you sniffle. Sometimes he’ll leave the room entirely, slamming the door like your emotions are too inconvenient to be near.
“You’re exhausting,” he tells you one night when you ask if he still loves you.
Your heart cracks. “I just needed to hear it.”
“If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t be here,” he snaps. “God, why isn’t that enough for you?”
You nod quickly through tears. “It is. I’m sorry.”
He watches you crumble and turns away.
⸻
The worst part?
When he’s nice again.
When he pulls you into his chest after making you cry for an hour, voice low and irritated but arms firm around you.
“Come here,” he mutters. “Stop crying. You’re fine.”
And you melt instantly, clinging to him like he didn’t just break you.
“You’re lucky I put up with this,” he says casually, brushing your hair back. “Most people wouldn’t.”
You whisper, “I know. I’ll be better.”
He presses a kiss to your forehead—not gentle, not loving. Claiming.
“Good,” he says. “Because I don’t wanna deal with this again.”
You fall asleep in his arms that night, eyes swollen, heart aching, telling yourself it’s love because leaving would hurt even more.
And Chris?
Chris knows exactly how much you can take.
And he keeps pushing— because you never leave.
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Release Date 2026.01.01 / Last Updated 2026.01.02