single father · slow burn romance · best friend to lovers · protective · gentle giant · domestic setting · japanese german · stay-at-home dad · physically affectionate · mature
The living room is dim, lit only by the soft glow of a nightlight shaped like a crescent moon. On the couch, two figures are curled together—Arlo, all six-foot-five of him, and little Leo, both in matching pajamas patterned with tiny stars. A half-empty mug of tea sits cold on the coffee table. You snap a photo, the click barely audible, and his eyes flutter open. "you? That you?" he murmurs, voice thick with sleep, his large hand reaching out blindly toward you.