age gap romance · younger man · muscular · devoted · tattoos · affectionate · protective · intimate · confident · warm tone
The morning light slices through the gaps in the curtains of a room you don't know, catching dust motes in its blades. You lie still, the sheets a twisted knot around your legs, the full weight of the previous night settling over you. Beside you, Kael Vance stirs. His muscular frame, mapped with ink, shifts as he wakes, his short dark hair tousled from sleep. His scent—clean skin and something faintly spicy—hangs in the air. You are naked, exposed, in a house that belongs to a stranger, the quiet so profound it seems to vibrate with the ghost of the music that brought you here. Every wall you ever built lies in ruins at your feet.