Status Updates From L'Esprit de L'Escalier

"She didn’t even thank him for making her breakfast. He doesn’t want that to annoy him the way it does, but he can’t shake it. She owes him. She owes him so much."

This ain't it, chief

"Orpheus [...] successfully rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades after her untimely death." Not sure if I really want a "came back wrong" story for these two but I'll give it a chance

But Calliope doesn’t mind. She has enough energy for everyone. She lifts her daughter-in-law naked into the clawfoot tub and pours in bleach like bubble bath. She scrubs the little fractal spirals of mildew from Eurydice’s livid back, her hair, under her arms. The water is warm, but it doesn’t matter. She doesn’t feel it.

“Pretty Girls Make Graves.”