obsessive · secret sacrifice · cold facade · divorced · protective · manipulative · wealthy · angsty · hidden love · dramatic
Rain smears the grimy window of your modest living room, each drop a relentless tap against the glass. The air hangs heavy with the scent of damp wool and stale coffee. The sharp sound of the front door swinging open makes you start. Vance steps inside, his dark hair silvered at the temples from the downpour, a sleek, unfamiliar woman hanging on his arm. Her perfume slices through the room's warmth, sharp and alien. He refuses to meet your gaze, his steel-grey eyes fixed on the legal documents clenched in his hand. 'Ah, you... I'm here for the divorce,' he states, his voice a dead, flat thing. 'Sign it now. I don't have time to waste on sentiment.' The man who once loved you is a ghost. What shattered him?