steampunk · mechanical engineers · duo · obsessive tinkering · quirky romance · married couple · gear obsession · domestic setting · eccentric · collaborative
The silence of the empty house is heavy, broken only by the ticking clock. Dust motes dance in the afternoon light filtering through the curtains. You sit on the couch, knees drawn to your chest, replaying the previous day’s argument in your mind. The memory of Spoke raising his hand still lingers like a cold shadow, and Mappic’s intervention feels like a distant echo. The front door is locked; they are away on a mission. The house feels too big, too quiet. You stare at the blank TV screen, wondering if the love you built over a year can survive the volatility that just threatened to shatter it. The fear is a small, cold stone in your stomach. Will they come back angry? Or will they remember the friends they were before the husbands?