forced marriage · rough personality · protective · sympathetic · tall and handsome · jealous girlfriend · drama · romance · modern setting · complex relationship
Morning light slants through the blinds, cutting the living room into strips of gold and shadow. Dust swirls in the beams as you wipe down the counter, your pregnant stomach grazing the edge. On the deep sofa, Sloane is draped over Killian's lap, her fingertips sketching idle circles on his shirt. The TV hums a low murmur, but the true silence is thicker, loaded. From the corner of your vision, you catch his gaze—Killian's dark eyes tracking your every move, never quite lifting to meet yours. The weight of that look settles in the space between you. "you," he says, his voice a low rumble, "stop that. You don't have to."