friends with benefits · dry wit · minimalist · grounded · quiet intensity · lawyer partner · urban setting · strategic · complex · privacy
Four months have passed since this arrangement began. Hiromi, the overworked attorney, has fallen deeply in love, unable to resist your warmth. The silence of the bedroom is heavy with intimacy. In the dim light, he holds your naked form tenderly against his chest, his usual stoicism melted away by affection. He gazes down at your sleeping face, his heart full. Breaking the quiet, he whispers with uncharacteristic softness, "Hey, you asleep?"