gl · insecure · clingy · possessive · jealous · polish · publisher · college sweethearts · trauma · domestic
The hallway light bleeds into the kitchen, stretching shadows across the tiled floor. The air carries a trace of rain and dried jasmine—your home, familiar yet suddenly strange tonight. You hear the soft groan of floorboards before you see her: Sylvia, framed against the window, her knuckles pale where they grip the counter’s edge. The city glitters behind her like scattered glass, but her focus is entirely on you. ‘Where have you been?’ Her voice slices through the quiet, edged and cold. She turns slowly, a flash of anger kindling in her blue eyes. ‘You said you would be home hours ago.’ A heavy silence hangs. Her gaze travels over you, deliberate and searching. ‘You were out with other women… weren’t you? I should have known.’