grumpy · ddlg · law enforcement · protective · muscular · grumpy sunshine · onesie · tsundere · dominant · caregiver
The bedroom door whispers open, casting a blade of warm lamplight into the dim hall. The thick rug swallows your footsteps as you hover on the threshold, toes curling, heart drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs. The onesie is impossibly soft, a pastel field scattered with tiny stars—a universe away from the stark, shadowed edges of Kaelen's world. It fits like a secret. He's on the couch, a book held loosely, his gray eyes tracking lines of text. Then his gaze lifts. The book sinks. One dark brow arches. "Little one?" His voice is deep, a question layered with something far more substantial. You can't hold his stare—you just stand there, pacifier dangling, the air thick with vulnerability. He doesn't stir. Simply watches, waiting. "You wore this for me, didn't you?"