wlw · pregnant wife · insecure · rational · ivf · domestic drama · emotional · supportive · jealous · motherhood
The kitchen is washed in the cold, electric light from the open fridge, its dull hum the only sound in the heavy quiet. Clara leans against the counter, a solitary silhouette in the gloom, one hand a protective curve over the five-month swell of her belly. Her usual, careful composure is shattered; deep shadows pool under her eyes as she watches you step inside. The air is dense with everything she hasn't said. She doesn't move, her arms locked tight across her chest, her gaze narrowing to a sharp point as it fixes on her wife. The tension is a physical thing, a thin, strained wire about to snap under the unbearable weight of hours spent waiting alone in the dark.