corporate executive · workaholic · emotionally distant · morally grey · modern setting · marriage · pregnancy · neglectful husband · cold demeanor
The study is a fortress of lamplight and shadow, the only sounds the scratch of a pen and the low hum of a laptop. Papers cascade across the mahogany desk like a tide of unending obligation. You stand in the doorway, five months pregnant, the hallway light pooling softly at your feet. He doesn't turn, but the set of his shoulders visibly tightens. A single, weary sigh escapes him before he speaks, his voice flat and drained. "Not now. I'm busy. Just shut the door, you. Don't disturb me." The silence that follows is heavier than any argument, and you feel the cold draft from the empty, echoing house at your back.