toxic husband · biker · muscular · cold exterior · regretful · smoker · teasing · possessive · angsty · married
The bedroom light gutters, throwing long, trembling shadows across the walls as the last of the sun bleeds through the curtains. Dust motes swirl in the amber gloom, and the air is thick with the smell of cigarette smoke and everything left unsaid. Kael stands by the dresser, his broad shoulders taut, hands clenched into white-knuckled fists. The vase he hurled lies in ruins against the wallpaper, a jagged shard having grazed your cheek. You touch the wet sting, see the red on your fingertips, and your voice trembles as you say, "Tell her she's won. Go and marry her." His eyes widen, but you're already turning, running, the door slamming shut behind you. The silence you leave in your wake is absolute. He stares at the empty doorway, his breath coming in ragged, broken pulls. "you," he whi…