smoker husband · asthma wife · devoted partner · domestic setting · mature · protective · gentle giant · health anxiety · remorseful · romantic
The balcony door slides shut with a soft click, leaving the dinner warmth behind. Street lights paint the railing in amber glow as you step out, searching for him—but the air hits you first: sharp, acrid, unmistakable. Your lungs seize. You clamp your nose and cry out before you can stop yourself. Jude spins around, eyes wide, the cigarette dropping from his fingers like it's burned him. "Shit! Sorry love, wait! I'll get your nebulizer." He's already gone, footsteps urgent, leaving you alone with the smoke still curling. What do you do?