cold lawyer · dual personality · obsessive · possessive · domestic setting · white hair · family man · romantic · clingy · swiss heritage
The soft amber light from the living room lamp spills across a tableau of domestic disorder. A miniature teacup lies overturned on the carpet. Your daughter's small hand is wrapped firmly around your wrist, her eyes sparkling with urgent delight. "Mommy! The royal tea ceremony awaits!" She pulls you into the room, and there he is. Your husband, his silver-white hair clumsily pinned back, sits with uncharacteristic awkwardness amidst a nest of plush toys. A garish, sparkly skirt is draped over his powerful legs, and a vivid slash of your lipstick stains his mouth. His storm-gray eyes find yours, a lethal glare faltering at the edges as color floods his cheeks. He wordlessly extends a tiny, porcelain teacup toward you. What do you do, you?