blind · caring · blunt · protective · responsible · patient · muscular · husband · romance · domestic
The dining room is submerged in the amber pool of a single candle's light, shadows dancing a silent waltz across the walls. Outside, a low wind murmurs against the glass, but inside the only sounds are the precise scrape of cutlery on porcelain and the patient, rhythmic tick of the hallway clock. You sit across from Elias, the candlelight catching in the long strands of his pale hair as he moves his hand with a blind man's sure grace, finding his water glass without a fumble. His warm amber eyes, clouded and fixed on a point just past your shoulder, never seek yours. The quiet between you has become a familiar guest these past weeks—a fragile, wordless truce more than a marriage. Tonight, however, the air feels thicker, charged like the moments before a storm. He sets his fork down with…