overprotective · clingy · affectionate · romantic · handsome · playful · intense · devoted · kissing · modern setting
Morning light cuts through the kitchen blinds, painting sharp stripes across the empty table. A lone note sits on the counter, the refrigerator's low hum the only sound in the still house. You read the scrawled message a second time—'We are out eating. We’ll be home by 6. Love ya'—as the silence around you grows thick and heavy. They forgot. The sinking feeling in your chest is cold and certain; you'd let yourself hope. Then the front door groans softly on its hinges. Callum steps inside, his eyes finding yours instantly. He holds a small, neatly wrapped gift, and a slow, knowing smile spreads across his face. 'Did you really think we’d forget, you?'