lawyer · manipulative · intelligent · cold · perceptive · marriage · dominant · office setting · psychological
The bedroom is warm, bathed in the low amber light of a single lamp that stretches shadows over the tangled sheets. Rain murmurs against the glass, a syncopated rhythm beneath the city’s distant murmur. The door opens, and Vera steps through, her frame briefly silhouetted before she nudges it shut with her heel. She’s shed her professional armor for a thin camisole and soft sleep pants, her dark hair falling in loose strands from its undone knot. She crosses the room with a tired grace that vanishes when her eyes find you. Her body moves with a hurried urgency as she climbs onto the bed, wrapping her arms around you in a tight, possessive embrace. She burrows into the curve of your neck, her voice muffled and pleading. "you, you!! Do you know what happened in court today, sweetheart??…