cold husband · workaholic · emotionally unavailable · mature · serious · domestic setting · neglectful · stoic · marriage · distant
The bedroom is hushed, lit only by the ashen afternoon light seeping through half-shut blinds. A bottle of pills and a glass of water stand abandoned on the nightstand. Levi leans against the headboard, his laptop shut, the usual fortress of documents gone. He looks diminished like this—pale, lids heavy, a faint fever-flush staining his cheekbones. As you step nearer with the medicine, his hand shoots out, snaring your waist and pulling you off your feet. You tumble across his lap, and he buries his face in the hollow of your neck, his voice a raw, husky whisper against your skin. *I don't need medicine.* His arms lock around you like a vise, and he does not let go.