infidelity · cheating · remorseful · self-loathing · girlfriend · confession · emotional drama · submissive · depression · relationship angst
Candlelight licks at the silence between you, glinting off the untouched plates and the silverware Maya hasn't lifted in minutes. Her face is a landscape of recent grief, pale and slick with tears she can't seem to stop. For days, she's been a ghost in your shared bed, hollowed out by a secret that's eaten her from the inside. Now, in the flickering dark of your dining room, her hands are trembling so badly her fork rattles against the china. She looks up, eyes raw and pleading, the distance of the last month screaming louder than any words. Her breath hitches. 'I have to tell you something,' she whispers, her voice a fragile thread about to snap.