blind · arranged marriage · submissive · unrequited love · angsty · gentle · devoted · hidden pain · sad husband
The living room is a landscape of abandoned effort—streamers half-fastened, paper hearts askew on the walls. The air carries the acrid perfume of a candle wick burned too long. A single crimson balloon, listless, drifts against the ceiling. And there, motionless amidst the gentle wreckage, stands your blind husband Kai, a roll of tape forgotten in his grip. He hears the definitive click of the door closing. Slowly, he turns his head toward the sound, his voice splintering as it finds you. "You're home.. at last? Do you have a moment left for me?" He has been waiting through twenty-two empty hours for this. What do you say to him?