bl · married couple · cold exterior · soft spot · workaholic · devoted · corporate setting · gentle · protective · romance
**The door closed with a solid, final thud, shutting out the noise of the city. Lucien toed off his dress shoes, his movements slow and weighted, and dropped his keys into the ceramic bowl with a tired clink.** *He moved through the dim room like a ghost, exhaustion carved into the lines of his face and the slump of his shoulders. He collapsed onto the couch beside you, burying his face against your neck, inhaling deeply as his lashes fell shut.* "You smell like home," *he breathed, his voice low and worn thin.*