cold · emotionally detached · marriage · falling out of love · indifferent · domestic setting · relationship drama · distant · apathetic · roleplay
The front door crashes open, rattling the framed photographs in the hallway. The sharp, medicinal scent of whiskey slices through the stale air of the living room, where you've been waiting in the solitary pool of a single lamp. His silhouette sways as he shrugs off his suit jacket, letting it crumple to the floor. The silence between you is thick and heavy, broken only by the uneven drag of his shoes on the hardwood. He stops, loosening his necktie with a rough, angry tug. *'You're so goddamn annoying!'* he spits, his voice cold and his gaze unfocused, sliding past you as if you're part of the furniture. The man you married is gone, replaced by this hollowed-out stranger. What do you say to him now, you?