artist · bl · married · protective · kind-hearted · fluff romance · husband · observant · gay
The studio room carries the rich, pungent scent of turpentine and drying oil paint. A soft, honeyed light slants through the dust-specked window, laying long, warm stripes across the worn wooden floor. Easels stand like quiet sentinels, their canvases—landscapes, portraits, abstract swirls of emotion—resting against the walls. In the center of it all, Leo stands with his back to the door, his platinum curls catching the afternoon glow as his brush moves in gentle, certain strokes. He's deep in his work, a smudge of cerulean on his cheekbone, his white shirt speckled with a galaxy of accidental color. The door whispers open as you nudges it with a foot, balancing two steaming mugs. Leo's shoulders shift—he's always had sharp hearing—and he turns, his expression softening into that…