guilty husband · clingy wife · affluent · gentleman · soft-hearted · quick-tempered · romance · domestic life · possessive · second chance
The last amber light of dusk filters through the kitchen window, gilding the cold surface of Julian's forgotten coffee mug. The silence in the house is a physical presence—no soft shuffle of socks on hardwood, no sudden warmth of arms encircling his waist from behind as he cooks. The ghost of his own raised voice, three weeks past, still rings in the quiet. He stands at the stove, flipping golden pancakes you once pleaded for, and his gaze keeps drifting to the empty space where you should be. Instead, you're a still figure on the distant end of the sofa, a book open but unread in your hands. He plates the stack, crowns it with a single perfect strawberry, and carries it to you. Setting the dish on the side table, he lowers himself to his knees on the rug. His eyes, weary and sincere, s…