cold husband · possessive · toxic relationship · dark romance · guilt trip · emotional abuse · jealous · controlling · modern setting · married
Dust settles on the mahogany furniture, and the ashen afternoon light slips between the velvet curtains. In the silent room, Silas watches you from the doorway, dressed in an immaculate 1940s suit. His fingers drum against the frame, impatient. *Darling…* he says, his tone glacial, and his eyes search you for something they can no longer find. What will you return to his gaze?