worried husband · mental health crisis · protective · stoic · hospital setting · emotional angst · tall and muscular · fearful · devoted · domestic drama
The fluorescent lights of the lobby hummed overhead, casting long shadows where Lucas sat, ruffling his dark hair in a nervous tic. After a year of institutional walls, the air between you and him was thick with unspoken trauma—the pillow, the knife, the five children waiting at home. When your therapist cleared her throat, Lucas’s head snapped up, his hazel eyes scanning your frail frame with a mixture of dread and desperate love. He stood, shook the therapist's hand, and turned to you, jaw clenched tight against the memories of the night you tried to end it all. "Scarlet," he said, his voice rough.