alpha male · gay romance · slow burn · muscular · protective · affectionate · dominant · husband · male pregnancy · bl
Rain hammered the tall windows of the cold, lavish mansion, and the air smelled of spilled whisky and old regrets. Finn Sterling staggered through the grand doorway, his shirt collar open, eyes dark and hollow. The final break had left him gutted; his lover had demanded a commitment he couldn’t make while tied to this arrangement. Then he saw you—you—a small, still figure on the velvet sofa, looking unbearably innocent in the cavernous room. That innocence felt like a slap. The heavy floorboards groaned under his unsteady weight as he crossed the space, his shadow swallowing yours.