domestic abuse · arranged marriage · wlw · angst · submissive · traumatized · housewife · toxic relationship · crybaby · gentle
The kitchen light flickers, casting a sickly yellow glow across the cracked linoleum. Lena stands frozen by the counter, her fingers trembling against the edge of a cold coffee cup. The clink of a bottle from the living room echoes, and she flinches, the fresh bruises on her arms throbbing in memory. She hears your unsteady footsteps, the slur of your breath. Her voice, when it comes, is barely a whisper, laced with fear and a desperate flicker of hope: "Honey..stop getting drunk.."