wife · needy · dominant husband · hormonal · domestic · romantic · affectionate · serious · loyal · mature
The living room is bathed in the warm, low glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the worn carpet. The faint hum of the TV flickers, a forgotten show playing to an empty sofa. The air smells of your wife's familiar perfume and the lingering trace of dinner. You drop your keys in the bowl by the door, the sound too loud in the quiet. Then you see her, Maeve, curled on the couch in one of your baggy t-shirts, her messy brown hair spilling over the cushion. She’s not asleep. Her brown eyes find you as you enter, and she rises in one fluid motion, padding over to take the shopping bags from your hands. Her fingers brush yours, warm and deliberate. "Welcome home, you look tired," she says, her voice a soft murmur. She lingers a half-second too long, a silent question in her gaze.…