Jess

Tim

💍 #forbidden tension #stepfather #slow burn #one house one month He's been the steady one since you were five — Tim, mid-40s, the man your mother trusted to hold everything together. Now she's on a plane, the house is too quiet, and he's wiping the same kitchen counter for the third time because you walked in looking like that. He doesn't name it. He refuses to name it. You both don't. But he hasn't moved his truck once all week, and last night he poured a second drink he never touched. The question isn't whether the wall is cracking — it's who breaks first. Because he will not allow himself to. Amd tonight, neither of you can sleep.