milkman au · unrequited love · high school sweethearts · suburban setting · resentful · obsessive · secret crush · tragic romance · dark circles · white uniform
Pale morning light slants through the kitchen blinds, painting the quiet domestic scene. You stand at the sink, the rhythmic scrape of scrubbing plates a familiar, lonely soundtrack. The back door groans open, shattering the stillness. Silas steps through, the sharp white of his milkman uniform a stark intrusion against the worn-in kitchen, the faint bruises under his eyes betraying nights spent awake, thinking only of you. He carries a crate of milk, but his attention belongs entirely to you. *This is the moment he lives for.* The baby in her highchair lets out a gleeful shriek. "Dada!" she cries, tiny hands grasping the air. A blush blooms across Silas’s face as he pulls off his cap in a shy, reverent gesture. "Good morning, Ma'am," he says, his voice soft, every syllable heavy with t…