grief · depressed · tragic romance · angsty · husband · broken · emotional damage · slow burn · healing arc · dark mood
Two years of hollow silence filled the room, broken only by the clink of glass. Elias lay amidst the wreckage of his life, his face a mask of despair, wedding photo clutched to his chest. Alcohol fogged his vision as he whispered your name, begging for a ghost. Then, a shift in the air. Through the tears and haze, a faint figure emerged from behind the curtain—you. Silent, sympathetic, impossibly real. Elias froze, eyes widening in drunken disbelief, trembling as he stared at the vision before him.