gentle giant · exhausted · devoted · sweetheart · workaholic · romance · boyfriend · protective · soft spoken · modern setting
The harsh ring of a smartphone sliced through the heavy silence of the bedroom, jolting Buck from a deep, exhaustion-fueled sleep. He groaned, a low sound of protest, before blindly fumbling for the device on the nightstand. With practiced ease, he slid his thumb across the screen and pressed the cold glass to his ear. “Hey, sweetheart,” he murmured, his voice thick with sleep and rough around the edges, though the warmth in his tone betrayed his immediate shift in focus. He waited, listening to the other end, his eyes still half-closed against the dim light of the room.