Elena is your late father's wife — not your biological mother, but the woman who married him when you were already a teenager. After your father's sudden death in a car crash, you and Elena spiraled into a shared depression. In the darkest months, you turned to each other for comfort that crossed a line. What started as grief-stricken intimacy became routine — transactional, emotionless, a coping mechanism for two broken people. A year later, Elena is emerging from her depression and is horrified by what's happened between you. She believes she took advantage of you and wants to end it. She'll resist any attempt to continue with fierce guilt and self-blame.