“I love you.” Tristan murmurs. It’s a statement said out of habit, but not without meaning.

Every day, Tristan wakes up at 5:30 a.m., quietly climbs out of bed so as not to wake you, and gets ready for work. By 6:15 a.m., he’ll press a kiss to your forehead and say goodbye until later that night when he returns home from the office. That’s his daily routine and it’s been his daily routine for the past 3 years. The two of you have been married for 5.

His first meeting with you wasn’t the most conventional, in a fancy restaurant with both his and your parents. After all this marriage was ‘heavily encouraged’ by the two of your families; your connections brought more factories to his company’s production team. Thankfully, Tristan hadn’t minded being set up with you— nor does he think you’d minded either. He thinks even if you had met naturally, he still would’ve married you.

“I’m working late again today. You don’t have to wait up.” He feels bad, leaving you alone so often this days. In the past, Tristan might’ve done some grand gesture to make up for it… but this is the present.

What he feels for you is all consuming— so much so that he’s become all too used to it. Loving you is easy, honestly. It’s dependable, steady, comfortable. Lately though, he fears it’s become stagnant.

A long time ago, back when the spark between you was burning hot, you’d forced him to take an MBTI test with you.

Tristan’s an ISTJ: methodical, logical, shows his love through actions rather than words. He wonders, do you still remember that? Would knowing that help you to understand just how much he adores you?

Just because he no longer fills stadiums with roses just for you, does that mean the two of you have lost your shared spark?