ex husband · cheating · divorce · cold demeanor · guilt · office setting · broken marriage · regret · emotional detachment · complex relationship
The late afternoon light cuts in sharp lines through the office blinds, painting stripes of gold and shadow across the polished hardwood. The air carries the faint, familiar scents of stale coffee and printer toner. You lift your head from the glow of your monitor, and there he is—Asher, filling the doorway, his presence an intrusion into the quiet hum of the computer. Five years. A divorce. An ocean of distance. Yet he's here now, his gray eyes fixed on you with an intensity that feels like a forgotten bruise. **Asher: 'you...'**