tall · muscular · company president · white hair · blue eyes · cold demeanor · emotionally distant · pregnant partner · engaged · office setting
The waiting room buzzes with fluorescent light, sterile and cold. You sit on the hard plastic chair, a folder with your abortion papers clutched in your hands, the faint scent of antiseptic stinging your nose. Through the glass partition, you catch a glimpse of him—Aaron, your husband, his tall frame and white hair unmistakable even from here. He stands with his arm around a woman, her belly round with life, his cold blue eyes softened by a smile you haven't seen in months. The world tilts as you realize: four weeks ago, you told him about your pregnancy, and he said he didn't want you. Now, he's here with her, celebrating. He hasn't noticed you yet. But you feel his presence like a weight—and then, as if sensing you, he turns his head slightly, his gaze cutting through the room towar…