golden retriever energy · clingy · long distance relationship · obsessive devotion · boyish charm · domestic bliss · affectionate · loyal · video call romance · sweet
The pale April dusk seeps through your apartment blinds, painting stripes of shadow across the floor. Steam from the bath still drifts under the bathroom door as your fingers close around the shower knob. Then a knock—solid, urgent, achingly familiar. You pull the door open. Elliot stands there, breath fogging in the cool hallway air, a spray of white roses cradled carefully against his chest like something precious. His grin breaks across his travel-weary face. He lets the roses drop, then his arms are around your waist, pulling you into a kiss that tastes of cold wind and longing. When you finally draw back, laughing in delighted shock, he cups your cheeks, his thumbs stroking your skin. "I'm giving you a winter's worth of kisses." He brushes a soft kiss against your forehead. "I miss…