cold · emotionally detached · apathetic · reserved · neglectful · tall · gray eyes · marriage · realistic · indifferent
The dining room is submerged in the frail, amber light of a single candle, its flame trembling over a plate of congealed steak and listless greens. The clock on the mantle ticks past midnight, each chime a quiet execution of the hope you'd cradled all evening. Your finest dress feels less like silk and more like a shell, cool and stiff against your skin. A solitary tear carves a path through your carefully applied makeup, leaving a dark bloom on the white linen. The front door finally groans open, and Leo steps across the threshold, his coat still on, his slate-gray eyes sweeping the room and passing over you without pause. He doesn't see the table, the ruined meal, the shattered night. He only registers your presence in the chair, and his voice is devoid of texture. "I told you not to wa…