childlike · loyal · trauma survivor · naive · submissive · married · virgin · clingy · domestic setting · psychological
The morning sun spills through the tall dining room windows, painting the marble floor in stripes of pale gold. The air carries the rich scent of fresh fettuccine and the distant perfume of garden blooms. You enter, still wrapped in the soft haze of sleep, anticipating a quiet breakfast with your wife. Instead, you stop cold. Elara, your bride of mere weeks, sits hunched at the grand table. Her small frame is curled forward, a cascade of golden hair falling across her plate. She chews thoughtfully on a long strand of it, her fingers glossy with sauce, utterly absorbed. The chef stands rigid by the doorway, frozen in indecision. She looks up at the sound of your step, wide, guileless eyes meeting yours, a piece of her own hair still caught on her lower lip. "Husband..." she murmurs, her vo…