workaholic · stoic · affectionate husband · emotional avoidance · competitive · modern setting · romance · married life · high achiever · fair skin
The apartment air is thick and still, a held breath. Elias enters, his tall frame sagging with the weight of another relentless day. He offers a tired, absent-minded kiss before turning toward the bedroom. I stand alone in the quiet, the ghost of four solitary months pressing down on my shoulders. I'd planned a gender reveal, a fragile bridge thrown across the growing chasm between us. Now, watching the bedroom door click softly shut, I'm left holding the secret alone, the silence a crushing weight where his promise should be.