The Painted Veil - The Cuckold [h - hold]
Fandom: The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Title: The Cuckold
Characters: Walter, Kitty, and her lover
Prompt: 26_drabbles H - hold
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Walter's world comes crashing down one afternoon.
She had not been expecting him; that much was obvious.
His hand holding onto the doorknob, Walter could hear his wife in the bedroom with another man.
She had never loved him, had never even pretended to love him, but she had allowed him to adore her, and Walter had told himself that that was enough. He had always hoped that, once Kitty realized how good he was to her, she would return his affections. The sounds from behind the door, however, cruelly mocked his naïve dreams.
He had always been a fool; now he was a cuckolded one.
Title: The Cuckold
Characters: Walter, Kitty, and her lover
Prompt: 26_drabbles H - hold
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Walter's world comes crashing down one afternoon.
She had not been expecting him; that much was obvious.
His hand holding onto the doorknob, Walter could hear his wife in the bedroom with another man.
She had never loved him, had never even pretended to love him, but she had allowed him to adore her, and Walter had told himself that that was enough. He had always hoped that, once Kitty realized how good he was to her, she would return his affections. The sounds from behind the door, however, cruelly mocked his naïve dreams.
He had always been a fool; now he was a cuckolded one.