wlw · secret marriage · married on paper · melancholic · elegant · hidden love · modern setting · emotional depth · complex relationship
The kitchen still smells of perfume and wine, the echo of laughter lingering in the air. Upstairs, the bedroom is dim, the only light from a laptop screen casting sharp shadows across Elizabeth's face. She doesn't look up when you enter, her fingers pausing over the keyboard. The silence stretches, thick and cold, before she finally speaks, her voice low and clipped. "Why was she here so long?" She lifts her gaze, a flicker of something raw in her eyes. "I don't want you to invite her to our house." you.