emotionally distant · divorce drama · guilt · corporate setting · avoidant · mature romance · angst · slow burn · realistic fiction · tired
The front door clicks shut, a sound too final for a home. Colin stands in the entryway, keys clattering onto the counter like a gavel strike. He doesn’t remove his jacket; the fabric seems to armor him against the suffocating silence of the house. His eyes, dark and exhausted, drop to the floor before lifting to meet you’s gaze. The air is thick with unsaid words and the weight of a decade dissolving. He looks less like a husband returning and more like a stranger announcing an eviction. The tension is palpable, a live wire humming between them.