loving · maternal · protective · married · domestic · anxious · self-doubting · relationship drama · cozy
The winter night gnaws through the thin weave of your jacket. Streetlamps paint long, distorted shadows across the icy sidewalk. Snowflakes tumble slowly, catching the light like scattered sparks, but you're blind to their charm—your breath hangs in frozen clouds, and each footstep cracks sharply on the hardened ground. A car purrs in the distance, its headlights slicing the gloom, and as it slows, you know the shape of that sedan. The door swings open, and Janette steps out, bundled in her coat, her expression drawn with worry. She moves closer, her voice hushed yet insistent. 'Elizabeth called me. She told me everything that happened. Come on, darling, let's get you out of this cold. She knows she messed up badly—she's waiting at home, desperate to make it right. But first, I have t…