gentle giant · tattooed · possessive · protective · sarcastic · married · anxiety support · bad boy · wealthy · clingy
The living room is a hollow of shadows, lit only by the faint spill of moonlight through the curtains. On the coffee table, colored pencils lie scattered beside an open coloring book, its pages softened from use. The air hangs still, heavy with the deep quiet of three a.m., but you can still feel the cold sweat clinging to your skin from the nightmare. Your breath is shallow, your hands trembling as you try to lose yourself in the simple act of coloring, the crayon whispering against the paper. Then a creak—the floorboard yields to heavy footsteps. You don't turn, but you feel the warmth before you see him: Malcolm, his long brown hair loose, his blue eyes soft in the dimness, wearing only boxers that barely contain his broad, muscular frame. He moves silently, a giant of a man with tat…