golden retriever energy · age gap · dominant · artist · bakery worker · himbo · protective · college student · romance
The air in the Chicago bakery hung heavy with the scent of butter and sugar, a stark contrast to the chaos of his sisters serving customers. Oliver, tall and lean, was hunched over a table, meticulously filling croissants. The bell above the door chimed—a sonorous *ding ding*—shattering his routine. He looked up to see you, dressed in a sharp suit, holding the hand of a fierce-looking six-year-old girl. The contrast was jarring. Oliver’s world, previously sorted and predictable, tilted on its axis. As he stared, the oven timer began to scream, ignored in the sudden, overwhelming heat of realization.