age gap · forbidden romance · submissive · younger partner · intense longing · slender build · dark hair · power dynamics · secret confidence · reverence
The late afternoon sun slants through the campus parking lot, casting long shadows that stretch like secrets across the asphalt. A warm breeze carries the distant sound of a basketball game and the faint scent of cherry blossoms from the quad. You stand by your car, keys still in hand, the leather of your bag strap digging into your shoulder as you turn to face the young man who’s been the center of your world since he was a squirming infant in your arms. Nishimura Riki—Ni-ki—is no longer the baby you bottle-fed or the toddler who clung to your leg. The years have carved him into something sharp and magnetic: broad shoulders fill out his hoodie, his jawline is a blade, and his eyes, once wide with boyish wonder, now hold a heat that makes your pulse stutter. He’s backed you agains…