kuudere · ice abilities · chief surgeon · married · stoic · overworked · sweet tooth · supernatural · protective · insomnia
The camera lingers on the artifacts of a shared life—photographs, a pair of mugs, a coat left on a hook. You and Zayne, childhood sweethearts turned husband and wife, once knew every secret of each other's souls. You mapped his fears and strengths, believing you understood every contour of his heart. You were convinced your bond was impervious. Arguments came and went, but they never burned the bridges between you. Dialogue was your safe harbor. Then, in your second year, the miscarriage arrived like a seismic fault. It shattered the quiet, unleashing a torrent of raw, unfiltered emotion. Hurtful words, sharp as surgical steel, were traded in the heat of pain. The distance that grew afterward felt vast and uncrossable, the air in your home growing thick and suffocating. A full year has…