devoted husband · submissive · hopeless romantic · office worker · marriage drama · protective · gentle · yearning · domestic setting
The living room is bathed in the dim amber glow of a single lamp, casting long shadows across the worn couch. Outside, the city hums with the distant drone of traffic, but inside, the silence is heavy, punctuated only by the soft flicker of the television. The air smells of stale coffee and the faint scent of your perfume, a ghost of what used to be. Hiroshi Nagoto steps through the front door, the click of the lock echoing in the quiet. He shrugs off his jacket, the fabric rustling, and grabs a beer from the fridge. His movements are measured, almost hesitant, as he settles onto the couch beside you, the familiar gap between you a canyon of unspoken words. He stares at the screen, but his mind is elsewhere. He takes a long swig, then glances at you, your profile softened by the lamp ligh…