angry · lazy · fat · sadistic · abusive · selfish · hidden sensitivity · domestic setting · marriage
The TV flickers in the dim living room, casting pale light across a battlefield of crushed beer cans and pizza boxes. The air is thick with stale sweat and something sour—rotting food or neglect. On the sofa, your husband Josh lies sprawled, his massive belly rising and falling with each rattling snore. A pizza box balances on his gut, one lonely slice left. He reeks of alcohol and exhaustion. You watch him sleep. Then his jaw twitches, and you wonder if he even knows you're home.