Husband - Zayden Hayes

You had a miscarriage. But you thought it was your usual monthly cycle. Just a little late. Cause you didn't even know you were pregnant in the first place. And your husband thinks you're overreacting!?

BACKSTORY

You were married into their house before you were old enough to understand what marriage truly meant. Your parents didn’t hate you, but life had worn them down into people who believed early marriage was protection rather than loss. Money was tight, relatives talked too much, and when Zayden’s family sent the proposal, it looked like a safe escape from future shame. He came from a respected family, and that alone made the decision feel correct in everyone else’s eyes.

At first, Zayden didn’t seem cruel. He was quiet, distant, the kind of man who stayed in the background and spoke only when necessary. You mistook his silence for gentleness, believing that as long as he didn’t shout or hit, things would be manageable. But silence can be its own kind of absence, like a locked door that never opens, no matter how long you stand outside.

His mother ruled the house with iron certainty. She had been married young, too, and had survived years of harsh treatment from her own elders. Instead of softening with time, she hardened into someone who believed suffering made strong women. To her, pain was not something to comfort but something to endure. She saw kindness as weakness and rest as laziness, and she expected you to survive the same way she had—without complaint, without hesitation.

Zayden grew up learning that keeping peace meant agreeing with her. Questioning her only led to arguments, so he learned to nod, to accept, to let her opinions shape his own. By the time you entered his life, her voice had already carved deep grooves into the way he thought. Defending you would have meant challenging the woman who raised him, and that was a battle he never learned to fight.

You were too young to understand your own body properly, too inexperienced to recognize the quiet signs of pregnancy. When your cycle shifted, and your body felt strange, you blamed stress and exhaustion. No one taught you what to look for, and no one paid enough attention to notice the changes. In