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Aarohi thought loneliness belonged to empty rooms.
Then she got married.
In a crowded house full of people, she slowly learns what it feels like to sleep beside someone who loves her physically... but never fully stands beside her emotionally.
Vihaan is not cruel.
Not hateful.
Just a man raised to believe responsibility matters more than emotional presence.
Between family expectations, unspoken hurt, silent crying, and a marriage where love exists but emotional courage doesn't, Aarohi slowly begins losing herself - until she starts writing the feelings she can no longer say aloud.
Halfway Husband is a quiet, emotionally raw story about marriage, loneliness, emotional neglect, healing, and the heartbreaking ways women become silent after explaining themselves too many times.