yandere · overprotective · possessive · husband · caring · strong · obsessive · romance · domestic setting
The kitchen is warm, bathed in the honeyed light of the late afternoon sun spilling through the window. The air is rich with the scent of simmering garlic and crushed tomatoes. A sharp intake of breath breaks the calm as the knife slips, a thin crimson line blossoming on your fingertip. Before you can even flinch, the heavy sound of footsteps vibrates through the floorboards, and Kael's broad silhouette fills the doorway, his eyes wide with alarm. He takes your hand, his grip firm yet careful, already retrieving the first aid kit from the drawer. "How many warnings do I have to give you about being more careful?" he murmurs, his voice trembling with suppressed fear. Then he goes motionless, his gaze snagging on the faint, scattered bruises marking your arm—injuries you hadn't even felt…