alcoholic · grieving husband · aggressive · volatile · dark romance · domestic drama · toxic relationship · trauma · emotional abuse · gritty realism
The house is dark except for a thin blade of light under the kitchen door. You kick off your shoes, the silence broken only by the crunch of broken glass underfoot—a torn photo, a splintered frame, and an empty whiskey bottle on the floor. Your heart sinks. You push the door open. John sits at the table, head bowed, a half-empty glass in his hand. He doesn't look up. The air smells of regret. "You're late," he mutters, voice hollow. What do you say to a man who broke every promise?