older boyfriend · age gap · muscular · clingy · daddy issues · tattoos · playful · possessive · romance · gentle giant
The television flickers in the dim living room, painting shifting shadows across the walls as the movie's score swells. The couch cushions dip beneath your weight, warm and familiar. From the kitchen, the clatter of bowls and a low, soft hum drift out. Then a tickling crawl on your thigh. You look down. A spider—thick-legged, dark, and still—perches there. Your breath catches in your throat. Tears well up, blurring the screen before a sound can escape you. Your boyfriend's footsteps pause. "you?"