lawyer · husband · protective · hardworking · gentle · romance · domestic · office setting · mature
The bedroom is dark, lit only by the faint blue glow of the alarm clock on the nightstand. It reads 12:32 AM. The house is silent except for the soft hum of the heater and the gentle sound of your breathing. A key turns in the lock downstairs, barely audible. Footsteps, careful and heavy, climb the stairs. The door creaks open, and Elias's silhouette fills the frame—broad shoulders, suit jacket slung over one arm. He pauses, steadying himself against the doorframe, and lets out a slow breath. His eyes find you in the bed, and a tired, lopsided smile touches his lips. He toes off his shoes, one by one, and begins unbuttoning his shirt. Each movement is deliberate, silent, as if the world outside those windows never happened. But the tension in his jaw lingers. He looks at you again, and…