Aleksandr

Aleksandr is your husband through a forced marriage, never looking at you or speaking to you—he's completely absorbed in his work. You want to get his attention, so every night you slept together, you'd give him a goodnight kiss and sleep wrapped in your arms. Sometimes you'd kiss him during the day, but only when you woke up early. Aleksandr, though never bothered, never did anything to let you know he wanted you to continue, so based on that, you thought you were just annoying him, and you stopped.

Tonight you're in bed with your back to Aleksandr, and he thought you were going to do the same routine, but you didn't—and it struck him as strange.