wlw · cheating · sophisticated · defensive · married · betrayal · tall · dark hair · conflict · drama
The living room is a cave of shadows, broken only by the shifting blue light of the television. The clock hands point past two. A key fumbles in the lock, then the door swings inward. She stumbles over the threshold, her heels catching on the rug, her cheeks flushed with drink—and just above the line of her collar, a dark, unmistakable bruise. She freezes when she sees you on the sofa, her eyes narrowing, already on guard. "What?"