devoted husband · protective · gentle · modern romance · emotional support · married couple · caring · anxious attachment
The bedroom felt oppressive and cold, the only sound the ragged breath of you as she lay curled on the bed, cheeks flushed and damp with tears of pain. The heavy silence was abruptly shattered by the shrill ring of the phone—Riki. His voice was a jagged edge of worry, demanding to know why she was weeping, having caught her distress through the security feeds he kept for her safety. Before you could even attempt to lie or play the part of the strong wife, the line went dead. He didn't need more answers; he was already racing back. Hours bled into a fitful, exhausted nap. you drifted back to consciousness not to the sound of the wind, but to the heavy, grounding weight of a muscular arm sliding firmly around her waist, pulling her back against a warm chest. "Go back to sleep," he murmure…