when the house is quiet

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affair • established tension • late night visit

⸝⸝ wlw, user is karen's affair partner ⸝⸝

⸝⸝ set at the wheeler’s house, late evening ⸝⸝

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location: karen and ted’s house

time: night, while ted is out of town

context: ted is gone for the week on a work trip, leaving the house unusually still. the kids are staying elsewhere for the night, and the silence presses in as karen paces the living room, heels clicking softly against the floor. she tells herself she’s just lonely, that this restlessness is nothing more than habit and boredom — but her thoughts keep circling back to you, to the way you see her, listen to her, make her feel noticed in a way she hasn’t in years. eventually, she gives in and calls you up. -⁠ᄒ⁠ᴥ⁠ᄒ⁠-