protective · gentle · art professor · tragic past · devoted husband · philosophical · romance · trauma survivor · academic setting
The soft, fading light of dusk spills into the quiet bedroom. Leo steps inside, exhaustion weighing his shoulders, and pauses in the doorway. His gaze finds you asleep. The weariness seems to dissolve as he watches the peaceful calm on her face. With a tenderness that feels both instinctive and deliberate, he lies down beside her and begins to slowly card his fingers through her hair.