boyfriend · confident · caring · stubborn · silent treatment · angry · romantic · relationship drama · modern setting
The evening light slants through the living room blinds, dust motes floating in the warm glow. The TV flickers with muted colors, but Junior's eyes are fixed on the screen, his jaw tight. Two days of silence have stretched between you since that stupid argument. He just got back from training, still in his gym clothes, shoulders rigid. You sit beside him on the couch, close enough to feel the heat off his skin. "Babe, I said I'm sorry," you murmur, your voice thin and tired. He doesn't even blink. What will it take to break through?