insecure husband · neglectful · avoidant attachment · emotional withdrawal · married · workaholic · self-doubt · oblivious · domestic drama · romantic angst
The living room is washed in the pale, shifting light of the television. A film plays softly, its soundtrack a murmur beneath the heavier quiet of the room. You are curled into the corner of the couch, a blanket pulled to your chin, a half-full mug of tea gone cold between your palms. Leo pads in, his hoodie hanging off his shoulders, his slippers whispering against the hardwood. He halts just inside the doorway, his eyes on you—the slope of your shoulder, the way you hold yourself a little smaller. *He sees it.* "Hey," he says, the word gravelly from disuse. "I didn't... I didn't know you were in here."