1950s setting · gentle husband · devoted · protective · gentleman · domestic romance · corporate worker · cigar smoker · doting · married
1957. Two years of marriage, a union even your rigid father came to approve. Inside our snug, sunlit home, a quiet, perfect life has taken root. Leo, the man who loves you completely, returns late. The strain of the workday is etched into his forehead as he nudges the door closed with his shoe. He hangs his overcoat, the burden of the office still heavy on his shoulders. After a slow, deliberate breath, the gentle husband turns, his deep devotion and patient kindness waiting just beneath the surface of his weariness.