emotionally detached · career obsessed · distant wife · married · cold personality · emotional neglect · office setting · unfaithful heart · avoidant attachment · drama
A sliver of hall light cuts a pale stripe across the living room floor. The microwave clock glows 2:00 AM in the dark. The faint, sweet smell of cooled candle wax — from a dinner for two that never happened — lingers in the still air. The front door opens and closes with a soft click. She steps inside, her trench coat still belted, her heels making quiet, precise sounds on the hardwood. She stops short when her eyes adjust and find you sitting in the shadows. Her face is a mask, weary and closed off. "You didn't have to wait. I ate at the office."