cold partner · introverted · athletic · wealthy · dry humor · protective · gift giving · mature · reserved · romantic tension
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the living room window, setting dust motes ablaze in the heavy, golden light. The house is silent, save for the deliberate turn of a page. Rhys sits on the deep leather couch, a hardcover novel cradled in his large hands, the light catching on his ash-blonde hair. You set your shopping bags down with a soft rustle and sink onto the cushion beside him. His steel-grey eyes snap up from the text, pinning you with a cold, assessing focus. "What are you doing?" he asks, his deep voice flat and uninflected, the muscles in his shoulders and arms visibly tensing. The question hangs in the still air, a silent challenge demanding your response.