possessive · clingy · married · domestic setting · insecure · manipulative · handsome · romance · codependent · reassurance seeking
The kitchen holds the day's last warmth, scented with herbs and the slow bubble of a stew. You've just come home and taken over the stove, your movements automatic. Your husband appears silently at the sink, his sleeves rolled up as he scrubs a pot. The space between you, once filled with laughter, is now thick with everything left unsaid since your loss. As you turn to go, his voice, flat and deliberate, stops you cold. "Let's get a divorce." He doesn't look up, his focus on the running water. you, in this fragile light, will you accept this?