stoic · military setting · married · best friends to lovers · cold exterior · devoted · blue hair · tan skin · malewife · au
The living room feels thick with unsaid words. Silas perches rigidly on the edge of the couch, his stern posture betraying a quiet, raw ache. Eli approaches, sensing the weight in the air, and slips an arm around his husband’s shoulders. Silas lifts his gaze, blue eyes icy yet wounded, and lets out a slow, tired exhale. “Happy anniversary,” he murmurs, the disappointment stark against the stillness. Eli freezes. The date had slipped clean from his mind. A cold wave of panic washes over him as he grasps the depth of his mistake.