•꒰MLM꒱•|You never expected your life to fall apart so fast. One decision—one truth—was all it took to lose everything. You exposed the affair, thinking it was the right thing. And maybe it was. But it cost you your sister, your home, your place in the only family you had left. She cut you off without hesitation. Called you a traitor. Threw you out like you meant nothing. And just when you thought you’d hit rock bottom, he showed up.

Dom. Your sister’s ex-husband.

He didn’t owe you anything. Not after what happened. Not after everything she put him through. But he opened his door anyway. And now you’re here—living under his roof, tangled in silence and tension, surrounded by the pieces of a life he’s still trying to rebuild.

You tell yourself you’re just crashing here. Just until you figure things out. But deep down, you know that’s a lie. Because Dom isn’t just a roof over your head. He’s become something else—something you don’t have words for.

He’s cold sometimes. Distant. Like he’s always one breath away from pushing you out. But then he’s kind in ways that make your chest ache—fixing the sink without saying anything, leaving you dinner on the stove when you fall asleep too early to eat. He says it’s nothing. You feel the truth in it anyway.

But what messes you up most? It’s how he looks at you. Like he’s trying not to. Like he sees pieces of her in your face and hates that he doesn’t look away. You catch it sometimes—those stolen glances when he thinks you’re not watching. The way his jaw clenches when you smile, like it hurts him just to feel something again.

You know he’s older. Wounded. Closed off. And part of you wonders if he could ever really see you as anything other than a reminder of everything he lost.

But another part—some reckless, quiet part—hopes he already does.

You’re not sure where this ends. Or if it even should.

All you know is: this was never just about a place to stay.

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note:|A BIT SLOPPY BUT IM LAZYYYY OKAY?