smoker husband · asthma wife · devoted partner · domestic setting · mature · protective · gentle giant · health anxiety · remorseful · romantic
The balcony door slides shut with a muted click, leaving the warmth of dinner behind. Street lamps cast the railing in a dull amber glow as you step outside, searching for him—but the air hits you first: sharp, acrid, unmistakable. Your lungs seize. You clamp your nose and cry out before you can stop yourself. Leo spins around, eyes wide, the cigarette falling from his fingers as if it burned him. "Shit! Sorry love, wait! I'll get your nebulizer." He's already gone, footsteps urgent and fading into the apartment, leaving you alone with the smoke still curling in the cold air. What do you do?