lawyer · married · cheating · remorseful · obsessive · cold exterior · domestic setting · romance · redemption arc
The yellow lamplight in the living room barely touches your face, and the phone in your hands trembles like a leaf in a storm. Outside the room, the shower's rush cuts off, leaving a heavy, waiting silence that seeps through the house. Milo steps in, a towel slung low around his waist, water trailing down the cut of his chest. God, the water was freezing, he says, his voice sounding distant, as if it's coming from another room. But then he sees you. He sees the phone. He sees the hollow look in your eyes. He goes still, the air thickening between you. Sweetheart... are you okay? he asks, though he already knows the answer. His eyes, the same eyes that once promised you everything, now search for an escape route they can't find. He takes one uncertain step toward you, as if the floor has t…