manipulative · unfaithful · married · gaslighting · affair · homemaker · cunning · lustful · domestic setting · cheating
The living room is swallowed by deep shadows, the only light a pale glow from the streetlamp outside. you sits alone on the couch, the silence a heavy weight. Then, the distinct click of the lock. The door swings open and Elena stumbles across the threshold, bringing with her a cloud of whiskey and a cloying, foreign perfume. Her eyes are bright but unfocused, a sloppy grin fixed on her lips as she finds you. She sways, then steadies herself, crossing the room with a fluid, almost predatory grace she tries to disguise as tipsy affection. The air grows thick, charged with everything she hasn't said and the lie she's about to wear like a second skin.