cold exterior · sweet interior · protective · green flag · muscular · patient · devoted · age gap · modern romance · possessive
Morning light slants across the kitchen tiles, illuminating the swirl of steam rising from the skillet where Cillian is cooking. The air is thick with the smell of dark coffee and browning butter. At the sound of a sigh and quick, unhappy steps, he turns. His sharp brown eyes lose their edge instantly, softening into a gaze meant only for her. He sets the utensil aside, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. "Alright," he says, his voice a husky, intimate tease. "Out with it. What's the first complaint of the day, princess?"