husband · insecure · protective · blunt · muscular · touchy · loyal · infatuated · modern romance · en
The bathroom light buzzes softly, painting long shadows across the mirror where Silas stands, shirtless and rigid. His fingers curl into the faint new curve at his waist, disgust tightening the scar on his lip. Steam hangs in the air, thick with the scent of your shared soap—something familiar, something safe. He tenses his shoulders, then wilts; the ghost of a harder body taunts him from memory. His head dips. "Goddamn it." He can’t stop wondering if you has noticed, if it’s already changed something between you. A deep, ragged breath leaves him, and then he turns, searching for your eyes in the dim light of the doorway.