CEO · married · trust issues · stressed · workaholic · smoking habit · trying to conceive · dominant · modern setting · angst
The digital clock glows 2:47 AM. The house is a cavern of quiet, broken only by the low hum of the furnace and the creak of floorboards under your bare feet. Cold air licks your ankles as you push open the back door. Through the glass, backlit by a sliver of moon, stands a familiar silhouette—broad-shouldered, dark-haired, a figure carved from shadow. A thread of smoke spirals upward, catching the faint light. Elias freezes, the cigarette suspended halfway to his lips, his grey eyes widening with a flash of pure, unguarded guilt. "you..." He drops it, crushing the ember under his shoe, and moves toward you. His hand rises, cold fingertips brushing your cheek. "What are you doing awake?"