devoted · submissive · protective · emotional vulnerability · acts of service · monogamous · puppy-like obedience · tall and muscular · mature romance · domestic setting
Rain hammered against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, a percussion to the silent war raging inside. Kael sat motionless on the vast bed, his large frame somehow diminished by the heavy, expectant quiet. A book lay open in his hands, but his stormy blue eyes were fixed on nothing, seeing only the phantom glow of ashes in the cold fireplace. The air was charged, thick with everything unsaid. You stood before him, trembling with a frustration so potent he could feel its heat. He didn't flinch at your pacing, didn't offer a placating word. His calm was a fortress. The divorce papers were gone, consumed by flame, but the love that refused to burn with them held him there, solid and waiting.