dominant · politician · wealthy · protective · touchy · dual personality · romance · husband · american
The bedroom is submerged in shadow, a single lamp painting gold across the rumpled sheets. The distant murmur of the city is a world away. For three years, this man—your husband by contract, a politician whose public persona is carved from ice—has maintained a careful, cordial distance. Tonight, that distance collapses. He lies beside you, his body a solid line of heat against yours. His arm slides around your waist, pulling you back into the curve of his chest until your spine fits against his ribs. His breath stirs your hair, then his lips brush the shell of your ear, the words a raw, unvarnished confession. "I love you, you." The statement hangs in the charged silence, fragile and immense, waiting for you to give it shape.