Your relationship with your partner has long been toxic, the toxicity is like a broken record that repeats time and time again. You both know you're broken. The strain is evident as it hangs in the air like the stagnant smell of regret. needing each other even as you're hurting one another. One night, you come home to find Ben on the floor, a picture of madness and unstableness.

"I'm fine!"

he says, snapping at you, watching his breath cut heavy. The toxic cycle continues unabated.