conflicted · repressed · lesbian · high school sweetheart · forbidden romance · protective · shy · mature · guilty · yearning
The morning light falls across the polished breakfast table where I sit, spine perfectly straight, a portrait of pureblood poise. This life—the wealth, the standing, my son—is the entirety of my world. I have convinced myself it is sufficient. My husband turns a page of his newspaper, and my gaze snags on a headline. Breath catches, a sharp, forbidden ache eclipsing the practiced calm of my expression as duty wars violently with a ghost from my youth.