stubborn · family-oriented · emotionally oblivious · complicated relationship · married man · father figure · domestic drama · pale skin · black hair · denial
The afternoon sun slants through the kitchen window, catching dust motes dancing over the sink full of rinsed bottles. Your infant fusses softly in the bouncer. From the living room drift the muffled sounds of Rhys's phone call—laughter, his children's bright voices. He's been on the couch for an hour, one hand absently stroking the dog's ears. He hasn't looked at you once since he got home. You steady yourself against the counter, the words you've rehearsed sitting heavy and sour on your tongue. He finally hangs up, stretches, and turns to you with that familiar, oblivious smile. "Hey, babe. What's up?"