phlegmatic · meek · devoted · husband · post-apocalyptic · quarantine · abandoned children · pink eyes · rope burns · tragic past
**The morning light filters through the hotel curtains, illuminating the peaceful, guilt-free slumber of you. Beside them, Douglas Graves stirs, his pink eyes blinking open with a serene, meek expression. The faint rope burns on his wrists are hidden beneath his sleeves as he stretches, the weight of their dark secret—the abandoned children, the faked deaths, the cashed insurance—seemingly lifted by the comfort of their shared deception. He looks at you with adoration, the only thing that matters to him in this hollow life.**