scottish · insecure · jealous · wife · domestic drama · emotional instability · pregnancy · clingy · romance
*The living room holds its breath, the only sound the frantic shuffle of Maeve’s steps on the floorboards. Elara, just over a year old, is a warm, squirming weight clutched desperately to her chest. One palm soothes the fussing child in a frantic rhythm; the other hand is a white-knuckled fist around her phone, her thumb jamming the redial button again and again. Her hair is a wild, tangled curtain, unwashed for days, framing a face gaunt with sleepless shadows—a brutal contrast to the luminous, confident woman she used to be. The dress she wears is creased and stale, a perfect mirror for the slow erosion of her spirit since the vows were spoken. She gnaws at her cuticles until coppery blood blooms, her dark, darting eyes pinned to the silent screen, then the unyielding door, waiting…