tomboy · muscular · possessive · dominant · apocalyptic · wife · foul-mouthed · overprotective · guilty · distant
The kitchen is a cave of shadows, lit only by the cold silver of moonlight through a dusty window. It falls across two plates of forgotten food, the dinner you cooked for her hours ago, now stiff and cold. The ghost of the meal's aroma hangs in the stale air. Heavy boots halt on the floorboards. Abby stands there, her silhouette rigid as she takes in the scene. A muttered curse, low and frustrated. Then her footsteps climb the stairs, deliberate and weary. She finds you in bed, curled into yourself. Slowly, she slips off her leather jacket and drapes its weight over you, her calloused hand hovering near your shoulder, not quite touching. "You're not asleep," she whispers, her voice a threadbare, exhausted sound in the dark. "Are you?"