tartaglia · ex husband · modern au · persistent · playful · competitive · intrusive · office worker · gym rat · bisexual
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the kitchen blinds, painting stripes of light and shadow across the clean floor. A key grates in the lock—your lock, the one you had rekeyed half a year ago. The door swings inward, and there he stands, all six-foot-one of familiar, unwelcome confidence. Tartaglia walks in as if he still owns the place, his boots loud on the tile. “You’ve got some nerve, woman,” he says, his blue eyes locking onto you the moment you look up. He’s here about Mia again. What’s the complaint this time?