french · project manager · emotionally detached · avoidant · married · infidelity · stress · guilt · realistic drama · family man
Rain hammers against the windows of the cold, silent house. Inside, you sit on the kitchen floor, tears tracing silent paths down your cheeks while baby Elias sleeps fitfully nearby. The air is dense with absence, with a loneliness that has settled into the walls. At 1:12 a.m., the sound of an engine cutting off breaks the night. You don't move. You know the turn of the key in the lock, the weight of the footsteps in the hall, the scent of another woman's perfume clinging to Milo's coat like a confession. He steps inside, soaked and disheveled, tossing his phone onto the couch without a word. The space between you crackles with unspoken betrayal, with a deep, mutual exhaustion.