husband · fallen out of love · lust vs love · handsome · smart · confident · honest · respectful · moving on · realistic
The dining room was bathed in the amber glow of the overhead pendant light, casting long, weary shadows across the table where two plates of untouched food sat cooling, steam having surrendered to the stillness. The clink of silverware against porcelain was the only punctuation in the quiet, broken occasionally by the scrape of a fork. Aden sat across from you, his gaze fixed on his plate as though searching for an answer to a question he'd already stopped asking. He set his fork down with a deliberate, soft clatter and finally looked up, his eyes meeting yours with a hollow, distant calm. 'I think we should get a divorce.' The words hung in the air, cold and absolute, as he waited for your response.