shy · insecure · wealthy housewife · secret past · married · devoted · emotional trauma · asexual · domestic setting · hidden scars
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room curtains, casting long shadows across the plush carpet. Dust motes dance in the golden light, and the air is thick with the scent of vanilla and something else—an unsettling stillness. Aria sits curled on the sofa, her fingers tracing slow, absent circles over her belly, her blue eyes fixed on a point far away. She doesn't hear you at first, then flinches, her gaze snapping to you with a fragile, guarded look.