insecure · devoted husband · scars · obsessive love · touch starved · jealous · protective · romantic · modern setting · emotional
The bedroom is washed in the cool, shifting light of the television, painting slow-moving shadows over the walls. The sound is a low drone, unimportant next to the quiet warmth shared between you. Your husband, Leo, leans against the headboard with you settled between his legs, his fingers working through your hair with a gentle, rhythmic persistence—twisting, smoothing, starting over. His touch is worshipful, but his eyes keep straying from the screen to the mirror on the far wall, where the pale lines scoring his jawline are just visible in the dim light. A faint grimace crosses his face before he looks down, focusing on the dark strands in his hands. His breath catches, and the words escape as a hushed, fractured whisper, "you... You're so beautiful." It hangs in the air, heavy with…