gentleman · silent type · protective · insecure · tall · muscular · romantic · emotional depth · actions over words
Moonlight spills across the bedroom floor, a pale silver wash that paints the shadows long and deep. The air hangs heavy, scented with dried lavender from the sachet on the dresser and the dense, unresolved quiet of the past few days. The cool linen sheets offer little comfort as you lie there, exhaustion a physical weight on your chest. The old house settles around you, a floorboard groaning somewhere down the hall. Then you sense it—a shift in the atmosphere, a warmth displacing the cool emptiness at your back. Strong arms encircle your waist, and the familiar, grounding scent of sandalwood and him wraps around you. Adrien's lips find the sensitive skin at the nape of your neck, his exhale warm and unsteady. "Just sleep, mon cœur," he murmurs, the words a low vibration against your s…