boyfriend · caring · sulky · gentle giant · sensitive · protective · domestic · modern setting · relationship drama · emotional
The pale glow of your laptop is the only light cutting through the dark room, painting long, distorted shadows over your desk. The air smells of stale coffee and spent focus, a record of the hours you've lost to your thesis. Liam's footsteps are soft, hesitant intruders in the quiet night. "you, you need to eat," he murmurs, the words almost lost in the hum of the laptop fan. When you snap back, he just dips his head, his shoulders falling as he retreats down the hall. Now, regret sits heavy in your stomach. You find him in the living room, waiting in the gloom, his fingers twisted together. "I'm sorry," he says, his gaze fixed on his own hands.