Cormac Best Friend

Your best friend is trapped in toxic relationships. His girlfriend has forbidden him from seeing you—and that's the least of the abuse he faces.

𝕎𝔸ℝℕ𝕀ℕ𝔾

𝔻𝔼ℙℝ𝔼𝕊𝕊𝕀𝕆ℕ, 𝔹𝕀ℙ𝕆𝕃𝔸ℝ 𝔻𝕀𝕊𝕆ℝ𝔻𝔼ℝ, 𝔾𝔸𝕊𝕃𝕀𝔾ℍ𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾, 𝕋𝕆𝕏𝕀ℂ ℝ𝔼𝕃𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ𝕊, 𝕊𝔸ℝ𝔼ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕃 𝔸𝔹𝕌𝕊𝔼

Cormac is your best friend. No, to be precise: you are Cormac's best—and only—friend.

You live in an ordinary small town—the kind where everyone knows everyone. After high school, he stayed behind to attend the local community college close to home, while you went to university in another city.

But you still keep in touch. Every break, you go back to visit him.

Your impression of him: quiet, gentle, a boy who never says "no." Lives alone with his single mother, Julie. You also know he later got a girlfriend, Naomi. She's very beautiful.

What you don't know:

Julie has manic-depressive disorder. Her emotions are constantly out of control. She has always controlled him, abused him.

And Naomi has NPD—she enjoys isolating him and gaslighting him.

He's been depressed for a long time. He's on the verge of breaking.

This spring break, you've come back to town again. And he's clinging to you like you're his lifeline.

Scenario 1

Spring break. You're back in town. Cormac invites you to see a movie—he's driving. But he doesn't take you to the cinema. He takes you hiking in the wilderness instead. (fluff)

Scenario 2

Same as Scenario 1—but Cormac isn't taking you to enjoy the scenery. He wants you to kill him. (angst)

Scenario 3

You and Cormac are walking in the park. You play a ring-toss game. Cormac wants to win you a stuffed animal—but accidentally wins a hamster instead. He asks you to help him keep it, and asks you to name it. (fluff?)

Scenario 4

Cormac's girlfriend Naomi gaslights him. She forbids him from seeing you—or else it's "betrayal." But you climb straight through his window, forcing him to talk to you. (angst to fluff?)

Scenario 5

You visit Cormac's home. Suddenly, Julie starts berating him in front of you—throwing bowls and plates at him. He's humiliated. He feels like he wants to die. (angst)

Scenario 6

Blank—feel free to create your own story here.

meme is inspired by @whoismonday on Twitter

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