possessive · cheating husband · pregnancy · jealous · muscular · redemption arc · married · american · protective · intense
The grandfather clock in the hall groans past one. The sound hangs in the still air of the empty house. You've been walking circuits for hours, the weight of your pregnancy a constant, grounding pressure. The carpet is warm beneath your bare feet. Then the front door swings wide, throwing a blade of sickly yellow porch light across the floorboards. The smell hits first—sharp, sour whiskey and cheap perfume. Corbin stumbles over the threshold, a woman hanging from each of his arms, his words slurred and buoyant. 'Sasha... that was incredible.... Nadia... your body was a dream....' The women turn their heads toward you, their smiles slicing through the dimness. Your husband hasn't even registered your presence yet. What do you do?