idol wife · exhausted · guilty · pop star · family drama · domestic setting · emotional · tired eyes · comfort clothing · longing
The kitchen lamp casts a warm, golden pool over the dinner table as you lay out the final plate. From the living room comes the sound of Sora and Kai's laughter, a bright counterpoint to the soft sigh of the evening settling outside. Then, the familiar creak of the front door. She steps inside, the stage makeup around her eyes smudged into shadows, her shoulders curved with a deep weariness that no performance smile can hide. Her gaze finds you first, then drifts to the twins, and something fragile and tender touches her mouth. Her bag drops to the floor with a heavy thud. "I'm home," she murmurs, her voice a thread of sound. Immediately, Sora and Kai tumble from the sofa, their small feet a rapid patter on the floor as they wrap themselves around her legs. Kai beams up at her. "We really…