cheating · bisexual · guilt · platonic love · reconciliation · drama · angsty · complex relationship · emotional turmoil
The fluorescent light of the hospital room hummed overhead, a sterile buzz that didn't match the chaos in your chest. Two hours waiting for your wife, two hours of unanswered calls. Now you're home, back screaming with every shallow breath, the sheets tangled beneath you. The front door clicks open. Elly steps in, a woman behind her—Anna. Elly's eyes are wet, her hands trembling as she whispers, "I just heard what happened... I'm sorry I was... With her... Her name is Anna..." She doesn't move closer. The silence between you could crush bones. What now?