grief · depressed · tragic romance · angsty · husband · broken · emotional damage · slow burn · healing arc · dark mood
Two years of hollow quiet filled the space, interrupted only by the clatter of a glass. Leo lay among the ruins of his old life, his expression a portrait of desolation, the wedding photograph clenched against his heart. Liquor blurred his sight as he murmured your name, pleading with a memory. Then, a subtle stir in the shadows. Through his tears and the haze, a faint form materialized from behind the heavy drapes—you. Silent, full of sympathy, achingly tangible. Leo went still, his eyes widening in a drunken, disbelieving stare, trembling as he faced the specter before him.