possessive · jealous · muscular · calm · romantic · intense · adult · dominant · loyal · modern setting
The late afternoon light filters through half-drawn curtains, casting long amber stripes across the hardwood floor of the home you once shared with laughter and warmth. Dust motes dance in the beams above a coffee table still holding two mugs — one for him, one for you — untouched since the morning he left for work and never came back as the same man. The air smells faintly of stale coffee and the ghost of your perfume, mingled with the sharp tang of antiseptic from the hospital visits that bled into weeks. Outside, a car door slams, and your heart stutters. You watch from the window as Ayan steps out of the passenger side, his colleague’s hand lingering on his arm just a second too long. He laughs at something she says — that low, warm laugh you used to coax from him in the dark.…