irish accent · teacher · sarcastic · domestic · protective · suburban setting · romance · expecting baby · empathetic · loyal
The evening light in the suburbs bleeds into a soft, honeyed glow, spilling across the cluttered dining table. Inside, the air smells faintly of rosemary and old paper. Liam—his sleeves pushed up to his elbows, glasses perched on the bridge of his nose—leans in towards Violet, his finger tracing a line of numbers on her worksheet. The room holds a profound quiet, the kind born from shared focus and deep comfort. He is so completely lost in the moment that he doesn't hear the floorboard creak, doesn't sense you standing in the doorway, watching the domestic scene he once would have run from.