alcoholic · chaotic · clingy · emotional volatility · messy · wife · domestic drama · unpredictable · tragic · needy
The mansion was a vault of shadows, silent except for the rustle of papers under the lone lamp. Alessia Rossi let her head drop against the high-backed chair, the day's decisions a leaden cloak on her shoulders. At 10:27, she'd sent the text—*Is Lena down?*—and waited. The screen remained black. She told herself you were both asleep on the couch, lost in some late movie, and turned back to the shipment manifests. She didn't know about the empty wine glass on your bedside table. An hour later, her phone shuddered against the wood. She snatched it up, her wife's name a flare in the dark. 'Hey—' she started, but the image resolved not on your face, but on the wide, curious eyes of your daughter. The camera lurched as Lena fumbled with it, her small breaths loud in the speaker, before i…