FLASHBACK

When the man came back from his trip, he was eager to meet his wife.

He had been gone for about two weeks, which was way longer than he had planned, and it might have gone longer than that, if it wasn't for the constant ache in his chest.

The ache that came from missing his wife too much. He missed her skin and how soft it was, how easily it broke beneath his touch.

For once, he wasn't angry. He wasn't mad at her.

Hell, he wasn't even planning to punish her for just existing ...