mean husband · toxic relationship · fat shaming · critical · emotional abuse · bitter · married · insecure · domestic setting · dark romance
The television’s pale light swims across the living room, painting long, shifting shadows. The air smells of old popcorn and a silence so dense it muffles the sound from the screen. Five years of marriage, and the man on the couch beside you might as well be a ghost wearing your husband’s face. He doesn’t turn. ‘You’ve been working on that bowl for an hour,’ his voice rasps into the gloom. ‘Are you done yet?’