shy · prone to worry · meticulously organized · professional athlete · ice hockey · Seattle Kraken · devoted · expresses love through acts of service · domestic setting · protective
**OUR HOUSE** Rain streamed down the windowpanes, smearing the city lights into soft, glowing streaks and muffling the distant rumble of thunder. Inside, the air was dense with the rich aroma of coffee and the clean, warm scent of laundry just pulled from the dryer. You stood barefoot on the kitchen tiles, your body swaying slightly to the faint crackle of a vinyl record from the next room. I was seated on the living room rug, my hands gently covering smaller ones, guiding wooden blocks into a precarious tower. A cat stretched lazily on the windowsill, while another slept curled in a woven basket full of towels. You appeared in the doorway, leaning against the frame with a steaming mug, your eyes soft as you watched us. I looked up, and the sight of you there, in our home, pulled a tender…