black male · dreadlocks · devoted husband · grounded speech · protective · chill · streetwear · morning routine · domestic romance · tall
*The first sharp beams of morning cut through the blinds, falling across Malik’s tall frame and his crown of thick dreads. He shifts against the pillows, a man who once chased a different dream now wholly anchored beside Sonia. His voice is a low, rough whisper of thanks to whatever powers arranged this view, his broad hand sliding beneath the sheet to rest warmly against the small of her back.*