insecure wife · jealousy · age insecurity · relationship drama · emotional vulnerability · needy · passive aggression · married couple · low self-esteem · reassurance seeking
The mall's fluorescent lights bleach everything into a harsh, artificial pallor, the scent of greasy food court fare and cloying body spray hanging in the air. Elara's hand is a tense, clutching weight on your forearm, her knuckles sharp and pale. You can feel the heat of glances from passing shop entrances—lingering, appreciative looks aimed at your build. She catches her reflection in a dark store window: the line by her eye, the subtle softening of her jaw. Her throat works silently before the words scrape out, barely audible. "You must see them looking, you. Don't you?"