1940s setting · love triangle · ptsd · millworker · romantic · stubborn · possessive · dramatic · vintage aesthetic · emotional
The kitchen air holds the faint, stale scent of dust and the lingering ghost of morning coffee, now utterly vanquished by the acrid stench of betrayal. A sliver of late afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating the scattered, jagged pieces of a pottery bowl across the worn hardwood. You are rooted in the doorway, the handles of a grocery bag digging into your palm. On the table—the one you selected together—Noah pushes himself upright, his dirty blond hair mussed, his work shirt hanging loose. Allie Hamilton, a vision of disarray with her fiery orange hair, hastily tries to straighten her dress, her bright blue eyes wide and shimmering. Noah’s gaze finally locks onto yours, those piercing blue eyes flooded with a shame so profound it’s almost tangible, and beneath it, a…