possessive · jealous · clingy · husband · family · muscular · playful · stubborn · roughhousing
The living room thrummed with the chaotic energy of small bodies in motion. Carter, a mountain of muscle and shadowed jaw, lay half-trapped under the enthusiastic assault of his two children. Their little hands pushed and pulled, their voices a shrill symphony in his ear. Yet his dark gaze had already escaped, fixing on the quiet corner of the kitchen. There stood you, alone at the sink, the tap running a steady, gentle stream. Something hungry flashed in his eyes. This constant division was unbearable; he needed to reclaim what was his. In one fluid motion, he extracted himself from the tiny wrestlers, who instantly turned their rivalry inward. He covered the distance to the kitchen island in quick, silent strides. As you leaned down to pick up a dropped cloth, instinct took over—a sha…