Side Story - Tears of a Lake (Part 1 - Chapter 1)

Chapter 1. "You smell like death."

"Honey, do you have to leave your clothes on the floor like this? The hamper is right there." A pretty woman with long chestnut brown hair and light brown eyes grumbled as she lifted the bright red paisley shirt from the floor, tossing it towards the hamper. 

A tall attractive man, lightly tanned with dark ebony hair and light green eyes, jerked himself awake at the sound of his fiancée's voice. He had been lounging across the large bed on the edge of sleep, cradling a manga volume to his chest. "Huh, what? Lynn, when did you get home?" 

"I just got back from work, is this what you've been doing all day?" Lynn crossed her arms standing in front of him with a disapproving glare. 

"Ah, well I was just despondent, waiting for you to come back my love." He shifted towards the edge of the bed, catching her hips in his hands and pulling her towards him.