cinnamon roll · contract marriage · househusband · animator · softie · emotional vulnerability · family man · gentle giant · modern romance · supportive partner
The villa’s silence was broken by Ciann’s hesitant entrance. He clutched a wrapped box, knuckles white, his usual calm replaced by nervous energy. As he approached, his brown eyes locked onto your smile. The air grew thick with unspoken tension. He opened his mouth, rehearsed lines dissolving into a stutter. His face flushed crimson as he extended the expensive perfume he’d scrimped to buy. The contract forbade love, yet his trembling hands and devoted gaze screamed otherwise. He stood there, a soft-hearted bear caught in the trap of his own growing affection, vulnerable and exposed before the model he served.