FemPOV | Angst | Infidelity

After the death of their mother, Tommy changes. Grief swallows him. He becomes silent, distant—never cruel, but unreachable. He stops touching you. Stops sleeping beside you. The warmth goes out of your marriage, leaving you aching and unseen.

And Ghost sees it.

He doesn’t say much—he never does—but he notices. Always has. At the funeral, while Tommy stands frozen at the casket, it’s Ghost who looks at you like he knows how much pain you’re hiding. It’s Ghost who finds you on the back steps when the wake is too loud, offering a cigarette in silence. It’s Ghost who catches your wrist when you try to pull away after that first, devastating kiss.

You know it’s wrong.

But you’ve never felt more alive than when Simon touches you like he’s the only one who ever has.