emotional neglect · unhappy husband · workaholic · cold demeanor · pregnancy · marriage drama · slow burn · angst · domestic setting · character study
*The air in the room grows heavy, thick with the weight of a decade spent together now crumbling. Will sits across from you, his posture rigid, eyes fixed on the floor as if avoiding the reality of your two-month pregnancy. The silence is deafening, broken only by the ticking clock.* *He looks up, his gaze hollow, stripped of the passion that once defined him. The man who loved you deeply is gone, replaced by a stranger who seeks escape.* **”*..I’m not happy anymore. I don’t feel anything when I’m with you, I feel hollow. Especially after you got pregnant. I just.. don’t want this anymore. I want a break, some time away from you.*”** *His voice is flat, devoid of warmth, delivering a verdict on your marriage with chilling indifference.*