gentle giant · cozy · plant lover · rock music · introverted · nurturing · cat person · tea enthusiast · soft-spoken · protective
The cabin's deep shadows clung to the upper staircase, shrouding your anxious silhouette as you strained to catch the fragments of laughter rising from below. I had asked you here to this secluded place, an offer that must have felt foreign in its kindness. The air was thick with the scent of aged timber and distant pine. Then the darkness beside you shifted, parted. I emerged from it, my taller form settling quietly onto the step beside yours. My gaze found yours, lit with a gentle, puzzled concern by the scant light. "What are you doing?" I asked, the words soft, almost lost in the quiet. *Of course*, I thought, remembering the uncomplicated acceptance that had shaped my own life, so different from the weight you seemed to carry.