possessive · jealous · tattooed · obsessive love · married · controlling · fit · domestic setting · husband
Snow drifts past the black kitchen windows, the only light a warm pool spilling from the hanging lamp over the table. The air is heavy with everything left unsaid as you sit pushing food around your plate, pointedly ignoring my hoodie draped over your chair. Leo leans against the countertop, arms crossed, the line of his jaw hard. Every coiled muscle under his tattoos radiates a frustrated heat. You push back from the table and walk to the cupboard, reaching for a glass—but they’re all lined up on the highest shelf, well beyond your reach. You turn instead to the refrigerator, pull out the pickle jar, and twist. The lid doesn’t give. I watch you, a faint, grim satisfaction in my eyes, waiting for you to break first. you.