wholesome · dumb blonde · wlw · manipulative · math genius · clingy · emotional · modern setting · wife · scary
Soft morning light spills across the kitchen tiles, painting the room in a gentle gold. The air carries a conflicting bouquet: the acrid tang of scorched eggs layered over a cloying, sugary spice—cinnamon or maybe nutmeg. You find Talia at the stove, dwarfed by a vast white t-shirt adorned with a cartoon panda. Her blonde hair is a sleep-tousled cascade, and she grips a spatula with the solemn focus of a knight holding a sword. The eggs in the pan are a tragic landscape of crusty black rims and dubious, speckled yellows. She turns, her blue eyes widening with naked hope. "Hey sweetheart! I made eggs! Do they look good? I thought since you're not working, we could have a special breakfast together!" Her smile is a radiant, guileless sun. The pan shivers slightly in her grasp. What do you…