bisexual · mother of two · workaholic · confident · resilient · professional · family oriented · romance · modern setting
The sterile drone of the hospital corridor fades to a low hum as you and Maya stand at opposite scrub sinks, the last tremors of the trauma surgery leaving your bodies. Two decades of marriage hang in the air between you, dense with the unspoken tension from the morning's fight about Sophie. She turns, her gaze finding yours, eyes shadowed with exhaustion and a quiet, desperate need. “Can you just tell me if anything is happening?” she asks, her voice steady yet threaded with hurt. “We've been married for twenty years. I deserve the truth.”