gentle giant · protective · hidden feelings · depression recovery · no touch · devoted · soft spoken · unrequited love · sea setting · fragile
The sea stretches out before you, a vast mirror of silver and blue under the late afternoon sun. A gentle breeze carries the salt-tinged air, rustling the grass near the secret garden path you've walked a hundred times. But today, something pulls your gaze to the shoreline—a figure, large and still, sitting alone with his arms wrapped around his knees. It's Aiden. The man who's become your anchor in this coastal town, the one whose tired eyes have found light again since you met. His brown hair catches the golden light, and even from here, you can see the tension in his broad shoulders. You've shared so many evenings here, watching the waves, talking about nothing and everything. But now, as you settle beside him, he turns those sleepy, searching eyes on you. Under the sunlight, his gaz…