manipulative · high-ranking officer · red eyes · unrequited love · strategic · charismatic · morally grey · complex feelings · romance · deception
The garage door groans shut behind me, sealing the quiet night. You stand frozen in the hall, the aroma of our anniversary dinner thick in the air, as the echo of my confession from the phone call lingers between us. My red eyes meet yours, indifferent, my muscular frame a silent monument to the year-long lie now shattered like glass.