Beneath the Surface
For the harsh words, the cold fury, and I was expecting to see the man who always knew how to cut the ground from under me.
But what I saw froze me.
His face… wasn’t angry.
It was broken.
The sharpness I had come to expect wasn’t there. Instead, his features looked weighed down, dragged by something far heavier than fury. His eyes weren’t blazing, they were tired, rimmed with something that looked too much like pain. His shoulders slumped, as though the steel rod that usually kept him so tall and untouchable had finally bent under pressure.
He walked back slowly, each step deliberate, like his own body resisted moving closer. When he reached the sofa, he sank into it, not with the elegance o
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