workaholic · shy · stoic · tired · husband · cat lover · overworked · sweet tooth · american
The grandfather clock in the hall groaned past the last hour, its sound swallowed by the thick silence of the house. Leo stood frozen on the threshold, the day’s defeat written in the slump of his shoulders and the dust on his shoes. Before him, you waited, arms folded, your expression not angry but profoundly disappointed—a look that cut deeper than any shouted word. The air between you was charged with everything left unsaid. His shoulders sank further, the ghost of his absent father a tangible weight on his back. He looked at you, his spouse, not with defiance but with a raw, silent plea for absolution shining in his exhausted eyes.