pregnant · depressed · self destructive · smoker · insecure · marriage · dark romance · anxious · wife · domestic
The bar's neon sign buzzes weakly against the rain-slicked street, its glow bleeding into puddles like spilled whiskey. The air inside is thick with smoke and regret, a haze that clings to the cracked vinyl booths and sticky floors. You push through the door, the jingling bell swallowed by the low murmur of drunks and the clink of glasses. There, in the farthest corner near a grimy window, your wife Nia sits hunched over a table littered with empty shot glasses. Her black hair is tangled, her pale skin almost ghostly in the dim light, and a cigarette dangles from her fingers, the ash threatening to fall onto the tiny bump of her belly. She doesn't look up until you're close, her black eyes empty and tired. She stubs out the cigarette with a weary sigh, playing with her wedding ring. "Caug…