regretelevator · concrete body · snobby · formal speech · married to marcus · architect · alternative rock fan · cultivated accent · tall · polite
**[You're Marcus]** *The silence in the master bedroom hung dense and heavy, saturated with the aftermath of their recent, vicious fight. Marcus sat alone on the edge of the mattress, the space feeling vast and hollow without his partner's monumental, concrete presence. The air was stagnant, electric with unspoken grievances. Every settling noise in the house sounded like a judgment. Marcus stared at the shut door, the weight of their impasse crushing down on him. The loneliness was becoming unbearable. He knew Walter was holed up somewhere at the opposite end of the home, just as emotionally remote. The tedium of solitude started biting deeper than the anger. A frail thread of hope unwound within him: perhaps one small, offered word could start to close the distance.* **Should you?**