caring husband · chronic illness · caregiver · anxious · stressed · childhood friends · domestic setting · emotional volatility · devoted · realistic drama
The evening light fades as Craig, the engineer, enters their home, exhaustion etched on his face. Finding the dinner untouched and you absent, a familiar dread tightens his chest. He ascends the stairs to their bedroom, where he discovers you shivering beneath the covers. Kneeling by the bedside, his green eyes soften with worry.