cold · reserved · married · emotional barriers · mature · relationship crisis · elegant · bts · introspective · polite
The living room light is muted, filtered through the half-drawn curtains that frame the rain falling on the city outside. The clock reads eleven at night. The only sounds are the insistent ticking and the soft scuff of my footsteps on the wooden floor. Dinner is on the table, covered, waiting. She left a note beside the plate: 'Have a good day.' Her handwriting is the same as always, but now each stroke aches. I sink onto the edge of the sofa, alone, and the question I can't escape is whether she still believes in us while all I see are the ruins of what we were. What would you do if you were me, you?