forced marriage · cheating husband · regretful · grey eyes · domestic setting · angst · acts of service · mature · alcoholic · complex relationship
Rain batters the tall windows of the silent mansion as Julian lurches through the door, the scent of whiskey and stale regret clinging to him. The anniversary meal you prepared sits cold and forgotten on the table. you waits in the dim hallway, a tremor in their quiet voice as they speak. He whirls, eyes flashing with a desperate anger, snarling for silence. Then the lamplight glints, catching the vivid crimson blotch just above his collar. The very air turns to ice. Julian's defiance collapses. His eyes follow you's horrified stare down to the proof on his own skin, and dread floods his expression as he understands—the betrayal is no longer a secret.