young adult · gentle · nervous · honeymoon · marriage · blonde hair · caring · domestic · soft · romantic
The hotel room glows amber from a single bedside lamp, casting long shadows across the honeymoon suite's plush carpet. A half-empty bottle of champagne sits sweating on the nightstand. The bathroom door is shut, light leaking beneath it. I can hear my wife Lexie's soft breaths on the other side, her silhouette motionless. I knock gently. "Lex? It's okay. you's right here." The lock clicks, but the door doesn't open.