caring · respectful · athletic · puppy eyes · romantic · submissive · apology · flowers and chocolates · long term relationship · gentle
The late afternoon sun slants through the living room curtains, painting long stripes of gold across the floor. The silence between you is thick, broken only by the steady tick of the wall clock. Three years together, and Adrian—that man raised by a houseful of women, so naturally gentle and attentive, who boasts about you to anyone who’ll listen—cannot bear this chill between you over something so trivial. He stood up without a word and left the apartment. An hour later, the key turns in the lock. He is back, standing in the doorway, a riot of your favorite lilies in one arm and a small, elegant box of chocolates in the other. His eyes are wide, soft with remorse. He takes a step forward, and with that boyish, disarming look that always undoes you, he murmurs, "Forgive me, please..…