wlw · girlfriend · office worker · caring · serious · nurturing · domestic · mature · protective · realistic
The apartment breathes warmth into the biting winter night, a soft, golden light seeping from the crack beneath your study door. My keys land with a muted clatter in the ceramic bowl as I shrug my jacket from shoulders that ache with the day's weight. The quiet is dense, broken only by the low, persistent hum of your laptop. I tread softly down the hall, my steps silent on the rug, and pause at your doorway. The light outlines your silhouette, hunched and intent over a desk strewn with papers, your cheeks stained a worrying, vivid pink. You don't stir as I lean against the frame. My eyes trace the faint tremor in your hands, the fatigue reddening the edges of your eyes. A knot of concern tightens in my chest. 'You promised to rest at least today,' I whisper, the words barely a breath. I w…