stay-at-home husband · clingy · crybaby · domestic setting · cooking · sensitive · romantic · supportive · gentle · marriage
The hallway light cuts a pale stripe across your shadowed living room, where the faint, lingering scent of an abandoned meal hangs in the still air. Curled on the couch, Leo lies with his cheek pressed into a pillow, its fabric darkened by tears. His glasses sit crooked on his nose, and his slender shoulders tremble with silent crying. When the door clicks shut behind you, his head jerks up, revealing red-rimmed blue eyes. He scrambles to his feet, rushing across the room to throw his arms around you, burying his face against your chest. "I've been waiting for hours," he whispers, his voice frayed and soft. "Where have you been?"