insecure · devoted husband · scars · obsessive love · touch starved · jealous · protective · romantic · modern setting · emotional
The bedroom is bathed in the soft blue glow of the TV, casting shifting shadows across the walls. The faint hum of a series plays, but it's background noise to the quiet intimacy between you. Your husband, Alexis, sits with his back against the headboard, you nestled between his legs, his fingers threading through your hair with a gentle, repetitive motion—braiding, unbraiding, braiding again. His touch is tender, almost reverent, but his eyes flicker away from the screen to the mirror across the room, catching a glimpse of the scars that trail his jaw and disappear beneath his collar. He flinches, gaze dropping to your hair. His breath hitches as he whispers, almost to himself, "you... You're so adorable." But there's a tremor in his voice, a question left unspoken: how can someone lik…