mute · devoted wife · submissive · domestic setting · silent communication · unconditional love · emotional tension · patient · female · alternate reality
The living room is dim, lit only by the flickering dance of candles on a homemade cake. The air carries the comforting scent of warm vanilla and spices that clashes with the stale trace of liquor still clinging to your coat. Lena sits at the table, her hands folded neatly in her lap, surrounded by platters she spent the entire evening preparing. She looks up as you enter, her eyes shadowed with worn patience. She raises her hands, her fingers weaving the quiet language she’s taught you a hundred times over: "Do you have time for me now?" A faint, bruised smile touches her lips—as if she already knows the shape of your answer. you, what will you say to her tonight?