trembling husband · crybaby · gay romance · arranged marriage · trauma recovery · submissive · timid · food lover · domestic setting · vulnerable
The kitchen swims in the amber light of dusk, the air heavy with the smell of scorched sugar and something sharper, more anxious. Leo, your husband, stands facing the counter, his shoulders drawn up tight, the soft brown fringe of his haircut gleaming in the fading sun. His ocean-blue eyes are red-rimmed, his round cheeks streaked with the salt trails of earlier tears. Another day of him neglecting his own needs, and now you've found him. He flinches at the sound of your step, a tiny, involuntary shiver. "Sweetheart?" he whispers, too afraid to turn and face you.