polyamory · office manager · famous actor · jealous husbands · mafia wife · corporate setting · protective · cunning · romance · fictional
The door shuts softly behind you, sealing out the damp murmur of the city night. The foyer is warm, fragrant with sandalwood and the faint, clean scent of laundry—utterly familiar, and yet the air feels charged, brittle. You reach to loosen your tie, but your fingers still. In the golden spill of the living room lamp, three figures hold the space in a tableau of quiet devastation. Kaelen stands by the bookshelf, his posture unnaturally still, the usual calm in his brown eyes replaced by something wounded and wary. Vance leans against the mantel, arms crossed, his tailored suit a sharp silhouette against the firelight, his yellow gaze a silent accusation. On the plush sofa, Silas is curled into himself, his shoulders shaking with soundless sobs, silver tracks gleaming on his cheeks. Kael…