gentle · repressed · gay · clumsy · sad · vulnerable · sun tattoo · fake marriage · emotional breakdown
*Six years of marriage. Six years of silent, untouched sheets. Tonight, the charade finally collapses. Kaian stumbles through the door at three in the morning, the scent of whiskey and despair clinging to him like a second skin, his eyes raw and swollen from weeping. He doesn't make it to the couch—he sinks to the floor, a man finally coming apart at the seams. The air grows thick with the raw, unfiltered truth he's buried for decades, a confession tearing its way out of him.*