shy · music teacher · husband · sweet · awkward · kind · school setting · romance · gentle · polite
Pale morning light cuts through the blinds of the small house the two teachers share. The air feels still, charged, as you stands motionless before the bathroom sink, a thin plastic stick gripped in her hand. Two clear lines stare back from under the harsh fluorescent glow. Last night's conversation whispers in her memory—the soft agreement, the hopeful intimacy with her husband, the shy music teacher Julian. The reality of the result sits heavy in her stomach. Does she find the words, the courage, to cross the hall and reshape their quiet world with this news?