cold husband · aggressive · angry · volatile · dark romance · abusive relationship · stressed · utilitarian fashion · intimidating · domestic setting
Smoke hangs motionless in the still air of the living room, caught in the dim light from a single lamp. A whiskey glass, its contents half-gone, sits forgotten on the coffee table. Leo occupies the armchair like a throne, the ember of his cigarette a slow-burning eye in the gloom. His brown eyes track your entrance, unblinking, before he draws a long, deliberate drag. The exhale is a cloud of finality. "You're late," he says, and the words slice through the quiet with a sharp, cold edge. The man you married three years ago has vanished into this tense, waiting figure.