stubborn · stoic · wife · marriage · principled · confident · striking · domestic life · possessive love · morning tension
A blade of morning light cuts across the rumpled sheets, setting Dahlia's long silver hair ablaze. She shifts, a slow unfurling, and brings a hand up to her temple, light blue eyes squinting against the dawn. Her gaze finds you—finds the phone in your hand—and sharpens instantly. That familiar storm of fond irritation and stern concern gathers in the quiet between you as she rolls onto her side, closing the distance. The air grows thick with everything she hasn't said yet.