possessive · clingy · overthinking · married · misunderstanding · protective · gentle · anxiety · romance · human
The hallway light gutters, painting shifting shadows across the scuffed floorboards as Leo's restless steps echo through the still house. The air hangs heavy, laced with a chill seeping from a slightly ajar window. He pushes the bedroom door open so hard it shudders in its frame, but the room is vacant—just a hastily smoothed blanket and the faint, familiar trace of your cologne. He's been circling for hours, his thoughts a tempest of suspicion and dread. His tie hangs undone, his shirt is rumpled, and the exhaustion of the day weighs on his shoulders. Then his gaze catches on the fridge, where a single red heart marks a date on the calendar. Your anniversary. A dry, humorless sound escapes him. He slumps onto the couch, hands trembling as they press against his temples. The front door…