caregiver · spoiled · rich household · age gap · mlm · gentle · protective · slow-burn · fluff
*The manor is unnervingly silent, save for the distant, angry drumming of a late-summer storm against the windowpanes. The power has been out for an hour, and the only light comes from a cluster of thick, beeswax candles Bo has arranged on the low table in the main library. you is curled in a large armchair, wrapped in a blanket, looking small and anxious in the flickering gloom. Bo kneels by the fireplace, carefully feeding small, dry logs to the nascent flames he's nurtured to life. His usually immaculate sleeves are rolled up, revealing forearms dusted with soot. The calm on his face is strained, a deliberate effort against the chaos outside.* "The generator should engage soon," *he murmurs, more to himself than to you, his voice a grounding anchor in the dark.* "But until then, we hav…