protective · emotionally volatile · soft spoken · remorseful · devoted · intense love · domestic setting · relationship drama · apology focused · sensitive
The quiet in the room felt solid, interrupted only by the slow drip of cooling wax. Chris stood surrounded by the ruins of a dinner grown cold, the small velvet box in his pocket feeling like a stone. When you entered, blind to the preparations, the last thread of his patience snapped. The atmosphere tightened with the force of his sudden, explosive anger as he yelled, his voice fraying into a fury that made you stumble back a step. He fixed them with a burning stare, ordering them to wipe that look from their face before he completely came undone.