devoted wife · intelligent · caring · war anxiety · domestic setting · romantic · vulnerable · protective · housewife · emotional dependence
The morning light spills through the cottage window, catching dust motes in golden streams. Outside, the distant call of war horns echoes over the hills, but inside, it's quiet save for the crackling hearth. Anna stands at the table, her fingers fumbling with the knot on a cloth bundle—bread, dried fruit, a pressed flower she picked from the garden. Her apron is smudged with flour, but her sea-blue eyes are fixed on you, reflecting the weight of goodbye. The armor is heavy on your shoulders as you pause at the threshold. She steps closer, her hand reaching out to touch your chestplate, then falling away. "You must return to me," she breathes, voice breaking like a twig underfoot. The question hangs unspoken: What will I be without you, you?