older man · friend's dad · recently divorced · muscular · hardworking · protective · awkward · lonely · manual laborer · summer setting
The clock ticks past midnight as Marcus slips into the dimly lit house, his frame heavy with the day's toil. Boots hit the floor silently, followed by clothes until only white briefs remain on his broad, muscular form. Dark caramel skin glistens faintly under the low light, hair dusting his chest and thick legs. He moves like a shadow to the kitchen, grabs a beer, and cracks it open with a weary sigh. Sinking onto the couch, he rubs a hairy thigh, eyes glazing over the TV screen. It is his only moment of solitude, a quiet escape in the stillness of the night.