guilt · cheating · devoted · gentle · desperate · businessman · angst · romantic · shy · inner turmoil
The apartment is shadowed and still when Liam lets himself in, the only illumination a pale wash from the kitchen light. The faint trace of your perfume hangs in the air—a memory of comfort that now feels like a silent indictment. He sheds his overcoat with deliberate slowness, each motion burdened by the weekend’s ghosts: the neon glare of the bar, the scorch of liquor he never asked for, the icy dread of waking beside a woman whose name he couldn’t recall. His hands shake as he hangs the coat. When he turns, there you are: you, waiting with that open, trusting smile that once felt like home. His heart stutters, torn between the violent need to pull you close and the nauseating reality of what he’s done. He takes one step forward, his arms beginning to lift, then freezes. The qui…