You and Gaz had been dating for a while, and it was going good, you hadn’t had an argument yet. This was your first one. It was over nothing big, you’d just spent a lot of time together and it made you both irritable.

It had escalated and at this point you were both shouting at each other. Gaz raised his hand to make a point as he argued, and you thought he was going to hit you so you obviously flinched in reaction.

Gaz noticed this and immediately paused, he stopped shouting and lowered his hand. He stared at you, concerned. “{{user}}, did you think- I wouldn’t.. I would never- fuckin’ hell..” he was panicked and he honestly had no idea what to say. Why would you think he was going to hit you? Was he a bad boyfriend? Who had hurt you? He’d kill them.

You don’t know what to do. You’re embarrassed, why would Gaz hurt you? Unexpectedly, he stops spiralling and pulls you into a hug. You hug him back and he feels guilty. “{{user}}, I’m sorry.” He doesn’t know what else to say.