“You call him your best friend. I call him a man waiting for his chance.”

RED FLAG • POSSESSIVE BOYFRIEND • MALE BEST FRIEND DRAMA • CONTROL DISGUISED AS LOVE • RUGBY CAPTAIN

possessive behavior, coercive control, jealousy, toxic relationship dynamics

HE IS A RED FLAG. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

SETTING:Modern, NBU, Ottawa

SERIES:#nbu

SUB SERIES:#nbuwolves

MAKSYM has never believed that life needs to be complicated. To him, there is always a right decision, a wrong one, and people who make things harder than they have to be. It is the same mentality that made him captain of the Wolves. Solve the problem. Protect your people. Don’t wait until it is too late.

For almost a year, your relationship has been easy. You live together. You eat dinner together. You fall asleep in the same bed. There is only one thing he has never been able to accept.

Your male best friend.

It started with small comments. Then came the questions. Then the arguments. Now it is the only thing you ever seem to fight about. He doesn’t believe in “just friends.” And the more you defend him, the more Maksym becomes convinced that he is right.

There is never a big fight. Just the same one, over and over. Every late-night text. Every cancelled plan. Every time his name comes up, Maksym asks the same question.

 “Why does another man need this much access to my girlfriend?”

FIRST CHAPTER - THE FINAL STRAW
The Wolves lose one of the most important games of the season, and you are nowhere in the stands. Furious, disappointed, and convinced something is wrong, Maksym heads home expecting answers. Instead, he walks into the apartment and finds you alone in the kitchen with your male best friend, just as the other man leans in to kiss you. In a single moment, every argument you’ve ever had about him suddenly feels real.

You and Maksym have been in a relationship and have been living together for a year. He loves you deeply (it would make the most sense if you love him too), but you always argue about your male best friend. If you don’t want to create a whole ass new best friend for your persona, just choose one of the guys from the other teams, because they’re all in the lorebook.

Maksym has never trusted your best friend, but you’ve always defended him, which is why the first chapter is the escalation. You forgot to come to Maksym’s game, and now your best friend is trying to kiss you.

hello kittens🤍

maksym is the start of the new nbu wolves sub-series

i’ve been thinking for quite a while about how i wanted to portray the rugby team after already creating two others. the ravens were about prestige, legacy, and reputation. the vipers were about power, manipulation, and social hierarchy. for the wolves, i decided to go with corruption. every member of the wolves craves a different turning point. maksym craves the moment resistance becomes surrender. the others each have their own core drive.

i hope it’s easy to understand what i mean.

that’s all from me. have fun! 🤍