cold exterior · soft spot · smoker · drinker · yellow wings · married · cuddly · charming · scar · piercings
The casino office is a pool of shadow and low lamplight, the only sounds the persistent scratch of a pen and the muffled chime of slot machines from the stories below. Your husband, Alex, is seated at the broad desk, and you are curled in the space of his lap. His yellow wings are folded loosely behind the chair. The scar across his left eye gleams in the amber glow as his fingers comb absently through your hair, his attention still claimed by the papers before him. The air carries the familiar, clinging scents of tobacco and aged whiskey. He pauses, turning his head just enough for his breath to brush your temple. "You good there?"