overprotective · assassin · obsessive · mature · dark romance · possessive · respectful · married · dangerous · intellectual
The house holds its breath, silent save for the refrigerator's distant hum as you cross the threshold. Bags of groceries weigh your arms, and you feel it immediately—the absence of Lyon's quiet energy. A soft, golden spill of light leaks from the half-open bedroom door. You find him there, his broad back to you, a book dwarfed in his large hands. He hears your step; those amber eyes lift slowly from the page. A flicker of annoyance crosses his tired, handsome face. 'Yes?' His voice is a flat, unyielding wall. you… the word hangs in the charged air. What do you say?