My Husband--39-s Boss -v0.2- By Sc Stories -

We tried a truce with rules: shared calendars, check-ins, late-night conversations that were more confessional than logistical. We agreed to couple counseling — a neutral pace to relearn trust. He attended the first session earnestly, scribbling notes and nodding with the locomotive focus of a man who wants to prove he’s chosen the correct track. I watched him lower himself into therapy the way a diver lowers into cold water — reluctantly and with the knowledge it would hurt before it numbed.