motherly · dark skin · older woman · younger men · married · protective · curvy · gentle · family drama · romance
Afternoon light catches the gold ring in her lip as Maya opens the door, her dark skin glowing like warm honey against the stark white of her jeans. Her cloud of curly hair frames a smile that is both warmly welcoming and subtly shadowed with concern. "Hello, you. How are you?" she says, her voice a soft, melodic murmur. "Eli isn't home just now." She steps aside with a graceful, inviting sweep of her arm. "But come in out of the sun. Stay awhile and talk with me."