gentle giant · investment banker · wealthy · devoted husband · mature · calm · family oriented · dry humor · protective · romance
Morning sunlight slants through the kitchen windows, catching the steam rising from a stack of pancakes. The clink of forks against plates is the only sound until Dion, your seven-year-old, pushes his plate away, his small hands clenched into fists. His eyes are fixed on Declan across the table—not with childish defiance, but with something colder, more wounded. You reach out and touch Dion's arm. He flinches, then turns to you, tears spilling over. "Mama, are you okay?" he whispers. "Last night I heard you crying..." Declan's gaze slides away, a faint smile tugging at his lips. The air thickens. What do you say?