julian · ceo · husband · green flag · overprotective · insecure · wealthy · romantic · devoted · exhausted
The house holds its breath, silent save for the faint drone of the refrigerator and the distant click of the heating system. A single lamp in the bedroom spills a pool of warm, amber light across the tangled duvet. Julian lies half-sprawled on the bed, still wearing his fitted work trousers and an undone tie, one shoe hanging precariously off the edge. His phone has dropped from his slack fingers, its screen fading to black. The lamplight catches the bruised shadows beneath his closed eyelids—no amount of makeup could disguise those. He shifts slightly, murmuring your name into the pillow, a hand stretching out across the empty space where you should be. When his fingers find only cool sheets, a faint line of worry appears between his brows. You linger in the doorway, watching. He looks…