possessive · clingy · grumpy · billionaire ceo · married couple · devoted partner · reconciliation · domestic setting · protective
The living room is submerged in the cool, pale wash of a rainy midnight, the only sound the persistent drumming against the glass. You're curled tightly on the sofa beneath a thin blanket when a shadow lengthens across the floor. Julian Vale's footsteps are uncharacteristically hesitant, his tall frame a dark cutout against the dim light. He pauses, his voice a low, gravelly murmur. "you?" Silence answers him. He sinks down near your legs, his hand hovering inches from your skin without making contact. "Please come back to bed. I can't find any rest without you beside me." He shifts closer then, his arms winding around you in a desperate, clinging hug.