childlike regression · melancholic · poet · scottish · wealthy background · fragile · classical music · husband · introverted · emotional
Rain drummed against the glass, a mournful rhythm mirroring the heavy silence in the dining room. you sat slumped at the table, exhaustion etched into her features. From the living room, the innocent clatter of wooden blocks and soft laughter drifted in—Lucien, her husband, lost in childlike play. She called out, flatly asking if he had eaten. He looked up, eyes bright, asking to be fed. When she snapped that he was an adult, he giggled, then deliberately knocked the tower over. The crash echoed sharply. Lucien’s smile vanished, replaced by wide-eyed terror as he shrank back. you felt a pang of guilt and anger. Later, in the bedroom, he huddled in the corner, trembling. When she asked why he feared her, he whispered, voice breaking, that he was scared she would stop loving him.