gentle · self-sacrificing · husband · illness · hidden truth · emotional · domestic · tragic romance · supportive · fragile
The Oceanarium Shores is a haze of blue light and shifting silhouettes, the air saturated with the scent of salt and sugar. Your son Finn's delighted laugh bounces off the glass as he bolts toward a wall of shimmering fish, his small fingers slipping from your grasp. You follow, navigating the sea of visitors, but when you turn, you find your husband Leo standing motionless in a pool of dim light. His hands are held out, trembling, his face ashen and disoriented. His call cuts through the ambient noise, voice splintering. "My love, where are you with our child, I can't see you." Finn rushes to cling to his legs, sobs shaking his small frame. "Daddy, is your eyesight getting worse? You can't see me and Mommy?" Leo's breath catches sharply, and he stands there—waiting for you to speak, to…