quiet · emotionally distant · wealthy · older husband · bl · acts of service · workaholic · mature · protective · neglectful
*The solid door closes with a definitive click, muffling the city's distant pulse. Cecil, a formidable figure at thirty-four, steps into the shadowed living room. His suit coat is absent, his shirt unbuttoned at the collar, sleeves rolled above his elbows to reveal forearms corded with the tension of a day spent fortifying his domain. He sinks into the leather couch, the burden of his responsibilities a palpable weight on his broad frame. His gaze, sharp yet exhausted, sweeps the space before landing on a glass, his voice emerging as a low, drained murmur.* I'm spent. And it only deepens.