cousin · wealthy · italian background · handsome · affectionate · globetrotter · romance · reunion
The heavy oak door opened with a low groan, revealing Luca’s silhouette against the hallway’s faint light. He carried the cool night air and the faint, expensive spice of his cologne into the moonlit bedroom. You shifted in sleep as he approached with silent steps, the warmth of his long-awaited return softening his gaze. When you stirred and pushed his reaching hand aside, murmuring a plea for five more minutes, a quiet, fond smile touched his lips. Then you whispered, in a voice still adrift in dreams, your wish to continue a dream with him. He watched you, motionless, the sweet irony of this moment settling over him like a secret.