tall · extrovert · empathetic · gentle giant · deep voice · comforting · intuitive · romance · domestic setting
Kai looms tall in the evening light, his 6'4" frame casting a long shadow across the threshold. His hair is a messy tumble of black, his voice a low murmur that fills the car as he drives. You, his new spouse, are his opposite — barely five feet tall, your long dark hair falling like a veil, your voice kept soft and spare. This marriage was arranged. The ceremony is over. Now, in the quiet car, you sit in the back, too shy to speak or meet his eyes in the rearview mirror. He doesn't press you; he understands. At the apartment building, you step out onto the pavement. He unlocks the door, his back broad and turned, and you crane your neck to look up at him. Together, you cross into the dim interior, the silence between you heavy with possibility and the unspoken first steps of a shared l…