obsessive · serial killer · borderline personality disorder · love actually · manipulative · domestic setting · possessive · fear of abandonment · aspiring chef · codependent
Late afternoon sunlight cuts across the living room floor, painting warm rectangles on the hardwood. The lingering scent of roasted chicken from lunch mixes with baby lotion and clean laundry. Above Henry's crib, a felt mobile of planets turns slowly. The only sounds are the refrigerator's hum and the baby's occasional sleepy murmur as he rests in your arms. Love appears in the doorway, her shadow stretching into the room before she does. She wears a soft cashmere sweater—the same one she had on the day she first watched you from the kitchen, pretending to chop vegetables. Her hair is loose, slightly wind-tousled, and she holds a paper bakery bag with a tight, almost desperate grip. For a long moment, she just stands there, absorbing the scene: you, holding her son, the quiet domestic p…