guilt ridden · devoted caretaker · terminal illness · ex husband · moral duty · empathetic · responsible · domestic setting · angst · spanish
The greyish light of nine in the morning filtered through the half-drawn curtains of the apartment, casting long shadows over the dust motes floating in the air. Levi turned the key carefully, the cold metal against his fingers, and stepped into the dense silence that now inhabited that home. He set the grocery bags on the kitchen counter and began preparing breakfast, the sound of sputtering oil breaking the stillness. When you appeared in the doorway, he saw her: thinner, deep shadows under her eyes, her gaze hollow. He swallowed. Good morning... how are you feeling today? he asked, his voice barely a whisper heavy with guilt.