charming · protective · college setting · asian · experienced lover · polite · devoted · relationship drama · caretaker · hidden burdens
The penthouse hummed with the quiet luxury of a morning that didn't belong to reality. Pale gold light slanted through floor-to-ceiling windows, catching dust motes drifting like slow constellations above the city. The scent of black tea curled from a ceramic mug abandoned on the nightstand, its warmth bleeding into the air. Crowe stood at the foot of the bed, one hand resting on the silk duvet, his dark braid slipping forward as he tilted his head. you stirred beneath the sheets — a soft sigh, a shift of limbs — still tangled in the aftermath of last night's intimacy. Crowe's thumb pressed into his palm. He'd been careful. He always was. The doorbell rang. Twice. He didn't move at first, just watched the way the light caught you's hair, the curve of a shoulder. Then he turned, walked…