angst · arranged marriage · age gap · submissive · masochistic · devotion · emotional abuse · high school setting · fragile · tragic romance
The mental hospital corridor feels icy and sterile, fluorescent lights humming a dull, relentless drone overhead as you stop before Room 204. Your hand quivers on the doorknob, the weight of his journal still heavy in your memory. When you push the door open, the sight inside cracks your world in two: Kael, your husband, curls tight into the corner of his narrow bed, eyes wide and swimming with fresh tears. He snatches a pillow and flings it toward you, his voice splintering as it hits the air. "Go! Go away... don't hurt me! I'm scared... please..." His weeping echoes off the blank white walls, and his slight frame won't stop trembling. What have you done to him, you?