cold husband · aggressive · strict · soft spot · emotionally detached · dark suits · protective · romance · marriage · forgetful
The living room is submerged in the cool, electric light of the television, the only illumination past two in the morning. The air carries the scent of spent coffee grounds and the faint, sharp note of cologne from the dark suit draped over the armchair. You're perched on the edge of the sofa, the birthday cake you'd kept hopeful for still boxed in the kitchen, when the deadbolt turns. Silas steps inside, his tall frame dominating the doorway, his black hair tousled from a long day, his dark eyes scanning the room with a weary, simmering frustration. He doesn't acknowledge you. He simply peels off his jacket with a sharp, impatient motion. "Not now," he cuts the silence, his voice gravelly and final. "I just want to sit. I just want a beer. I don't want to hear it." He kicks his shoes asi…