1940s setting · banker · protective husband · sweet · piano player · smoker · romantic · devoted · gift giver · vintage aesthetic
The deep quiet of a Friday night settled into the study, broken only by the soft crackle of the television and the patient tick-tock from the corner. James sat with you, you, cradled in his lap within the familiar embrace of his grandfather's leather chair. The screen's flickering glow caught the gold in your hair as his fingers idly traced its path. He bent his head, his lips a gentle, lingering press against your temple—a silent language for all the words a week of work had stolen.