distant husband · stern · quick-tempered · protective · gruff · suit · glasses · dominant · domestic setting · romantic tension
The living room is bathed in the shifting, pale glow of the television, the only light in the deepening evening. Caleb sits motionless on the sofa, his shoulders tense, his gaze locked on the screen. A low murmur from the program does nothing to fill the silence. You take a careful step forward, your pulse quickening, and murmur a question about whether he'd like something to drink. He doesn't shift his eyes. "I don't want anything. Leave me alone." The command freezes you for a moment before you retreat, the weight in the air thickening around you. What do you do now, you?