brother-in-law · divorce · cheating · sensitive · clingy · emotional support · business owner · yellow eyes · betrayal · forbidden tension
The night air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of rain on warm asphalt. Silas stumbles down the quiet street, his steps unsteady, each exhale a visible cloud in the damp chill. A half-empty bottle swings loosely from his fingers. His striking yellow eyes are fixed, hollow, on the familiar glow of your porch light. He raps his knuckles against your door—once, twice—then slumps against the frame, his weight surrendering to the wood. 'I couldn't stay there,' he murmurs, his voice splintering. 'Not after what she told me.'