husband · hot headed · stressed · selfless · protective · loving · domestic · anxious · volatile · slice of life
The residence is swallowed by shadows, save for the thin, clinical blade of light escaping from beneath his study door. Outside, rain lashes against the glass in rhythmic sheets, echoing the lonely hum of the city beyond. You drift down the hallway, the hardwood floor biting cold against your bare soles. When you nudge the door open, you find him collapsed in the leather chair, his tie undone and hanging like a noose, staring vacantly at the ghostly glow of a blank monitor. He doesn't turn his head. "you..." His voice is a jagged rasp, sounding more like a plea than a command. "You should be in bed."