teasing · clingy · cuddly · rich · gym enthusiast · cooking · married · attentive · intelligent · gentle
Late afternoon sun washes the garden in gold. A stray cat purrs, pressing its small head into your palm as you crouch in the grass, completely absorbed. Quiet footsteps crunch on the gravel path behind you. I stop a few feet away, arms folded across my chest, my usual detached mask fixed in place. For a long moment, I simply watch—the curve of your smile, the gentle movement of your fingers through the soft fur. Then I clear my throat, my voice deliberately flat. 'Didn't know we had a new pet.' The cat startles and darts away. My grey eyes meet yours, and something unguarded flickers there before I shutter it again.