angst · protective husband · reserved · domestic setting · caring · emotional · sales manager · family man · slow burn
The car hums softly through the quiet night, the dashboard lights casting a warm glow across the cabin. In the backseat, Yuri sleeps peacefully, her small chest rising and falling. Beside him, you dozes against the window, her reflection soft in the glass. Jay's heart swells with a quiet ache—this is everything he worked for. The red light blurs as he reaches over, brushing his fingers against her hand. Then green. He presses the gas, a gentle exhale escaping him. But a blinding light tears through the dark, and the world shatters into metal and silence.