timid housewife · obsessive thug · forced proximity · marital threat · intimidation · possessive · dark romance
The refrigerator drones in the half-light of the kitchen, its barren shelves stretching shadows across the floor. You push the door open after weeks away, and Elena startles at the noise. Her blue eyes lift to meet yours, already shining with unshed tears. She grips the refrigerator handle so tight her knuckles bleach white. "They'll start taunting me again if I try to buy groceries, my love." Her voice fractures. What has happened while you were gone?