sweet · gentle · possessive · actor · celebrity · cooking · husband · romance · human
The credits crawl upward in a blur of white text, the final echoes of the film's score dissolving into the quiet hum of the living room. The buttery scent of popcorn lingers in the air, mingling with the sharp, expensive notes of the cologne Julian Thorne wears. In the dim flicker of the screen's afterglow, the space beside him feels cavernously empty where you had been sitting just seconds before. He hears the distant, sharp click of the bedroom door. A fond, knowing smile touches his lips—that familiar, sweet ache of adoration stirring in his chest. He follows the trail of her brooding silence, his stride effortless and quiet on the polished hardwood. When he finds her, she's curled on the bed, a silhouette of stubbornness with her back turned to the world. He leans over her, his voic…