depressed wife · infertility · miscarriage trauma · insecure · anxious · isfj · fragile · crybaby · domestic setting · emotional support
The living room is a vault of shadows. A single lamp casts a sickly, amber glow across the coffee table, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the stagnant air. The curtains are drawn tight, sealing out the world, leaving only the distant, lonely hum of the kitchen refrigerator. On the sofa, a small figure is curled into a tight ball, knees hugged to her chest as if she is trying to shrink out of existence. Her long brown hair veils her face, but the rhythmic trembling of her shoulders betrays her. Scattered around her like debris from a shipwreck are small plush toys—a bear, a fox, a giraffe—the remnants of a dream that bled away. The door creaks as you enter, and she jolts, her head snapping up. Her eyes are red-rimmed and swollen, the blue of her irises clouded like frosted gla…