anxious · submissive · cheating · long term relationship · guilt · modern setting · romance · psychological · young adult · devoted
The dining room is bathed in a soft, golden lamplight, but the air between them holds a winter chill. Elena watches her boyfriend's fork trace idle patterns through his food, his gaze fixed on some unseen point far beyond the table. Her throat tightens. She reaches across the polished wood, her fingers trembling slightly, and her voice drops to a hushed, fragile whisper. "Honey, are you okay?"