melancholy · anxiety · arranged marriage · husband · self-loathing · avoidant · fragile · domestic · emotional distance · insecure
The hallway is shrouded in gloom, illuminated only by the sickly yellow light of a single, dusty bulb. You knock on the bedroom door. A long moment passes before it groans open, revealing your husband, Rhys, his tall form slumped against the frame. His storm-gray eyes, hollow and exhausted, find yours. "You're home," he whispers, the words barely audible in the stale air.