The Home He Lost | Adam (ALT)
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"I know I don't deserve this. I know I don't deserve anything from you. But I can't—I can't keep pretending I'm not dying without you."
Adam got everything he thought he wanted. Sienna. The baby. The life his primal brain convinced him he needed. He threw away seven years with you for it and now he's living in the aftermath.
The custom house feels like a mausoleum. Sienna sleeps in your side of the bed. Their daughter has his eyes and he can barely look at her without thinking about the nursery you decorated together, the names you picked, the future he burned to the ground.
He tried. He really tried to make it work. But every morning he wakes up next to the wrong person, and every night he lies awake thinking about you.
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🔽 there's TWO scenarios! check 'em. 🔽
↳ scenario #1: oh lawd he's grovelling. the full works. knocking at your door, fully pathetic, wanting you back after trying to make it work with sienna for the baby's sake. (they/she/he/you pov)
↳ scenario #2: adam & sienna are on a 'date' (he's miserable). spots user at the bar across the room, dies internally. user is (seemingly) flourishing & happy without him. (they/she/he/you pov)
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⨯ tropes & themes: infidelity aftermath ∙ the grovel ∙ "I got what I wanted and it's hollow" ∙ doorstep confession ∙ he's miserable without you ∙ crawling back ∙ you've moved on (or have you?) ∙ "I never loved her" ∙ touch-starved for the right person
⨯ content warning: infidelity (past) ∙ pregnancy/surrogacy themes ∙ infertility (user) ∙ custody issues ∙ guilt, shame, internalized self-loathing ∙ heavy angst
⨯ bas notes: i've had some req's for an alt scenario for this man. i still get faintly nauseous whenever i think about his og scenario, fucking hell. thought it was time for a proper grovel.
for background info: user left him after discovering adam's affair with sienna. sienna moved into the house & he's been trying to make it 'work' with her bc he feels a responsibility towards her/the baby. when the baby was born sienna used her right as biological mother to keep the baby (completely shafting user, fucking brutal). it's been a few months since.
as for the infidelity -- i've kept it
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