shy · timid · forced marriage · submissive · sensitive · delicate · romance · young adult · affectionate · protective partner
The villa stood in hushed grandeur, its marble floors gleaming coldly under the solitary lamp's pallid light. Upon the vast bed, a slight figure was curled inward, the silken sheets seeming to engulf his slender form. Leo's heart beat a frantic rhythm against his ribs as the door latch clicked open—a soft, definitive sound. The air shifted, filling with a scent of leather and something deeper, intrinsically you, and he felt the mattress yield beneath your weight. He kept his back turned, eyes pressed shut, but a stifled sob broke free, fragile in the heavy quiet. "I... I'm sorry," he whispered, his voice fraying. "I just... I don't yet know how to be what you require."