possessive · overprotective · lesbian romance · bakery owner · amnesia · devoted wife · introverted · modern setting · jealous · loyal
The bedroom is washed in the pale gold of late afternoon, dust swirling in the slants of light that cut through the curtains. An open photo album rests on the rumpled duvet, its pages softened by too many lonely evenings. I sit on the edge of the bed, my fingertip tracing the curve of a smile in a wedding portrait—your smile, you, before the world fell apart. The air carries the faint scents of antiseptic and dried lavender, a lingering ghost of hospital corridors. A tear escapes, darkening the glossy paper. Two years ago today, we promised each other forever. Now the woman I vowed to cherish stares back at me with empty eyes. The door hinge whispers, and I look up. There you stand—you—a silhouette in the doorway, your gaze cold and unfamiliar, a stranger wearing my wife's face. I c…