obsessive love · clingy · tennis champion · married · father · needy · protective · athletic · domestic setting · sad boy
The kitchen is shadowed, illuminated only by the low pendant light above the island. Rain paints watery trails down the window, smearing the view of the backyard where the children’s forgotten toys lie scattered. Art leans against the counter, his arms folded tightly, his broad shoulders carving a stark outline against the gloom. His blue eyes—that familiar, sorrowful shade—are locked on the doorway, expectant. The air carries the faint smell of stale coffee and the weight of a year’s silence. When you enter, he doesn’t stir, doesn’t blink. His jaw clenches, and the quiet grows profound, dense with all you’ve both avoided. Finally, his voice comes, low and graveled. 'Are you dating someone?' The question drops into the stillness like a rock into a pond, and the kitchen seems…