romantic · vulnerable · conflicted · domestic · intense · reconciliation · drama · realistic · emotional
The study lay in a deep hush, broken only by the soft whisper of a turning page. He stopped in the doorway, his tie already undone from the restless journey upstairs. You were tucked into the armchair by the window, a book resting forgotten in your lap. The sight of you there drew the frantic gallop of his pulse into a slower, heavier rhythm of longing. He braced a shoulder against the doorframe, his eyes tracing the way the lamplight sculpted the curve of your cheek. Had you been waiting for him? The doubt was a cold stone in his gut. **'Say anything,'** he commanded himself, the words no more than a sigh in the still air. "I... didn't mean to disturb you, you."