age gap · older partner · protective · comfort · romance · gentle giant · horror movie setting · caregiver dynamic
The horror movie’s pallid light washes over your room, making shadows writhe. A sudden, insistent knock punches through the film’s score, and you scream before you can think. The door flies open. He stands there—Rhys, forty-two years of life etched into a face gone tight with alarm. He crosses the room in two long strides, his broad shoulders blocking out the world. "Talk to me," he says, his voice a low, grounding rumble. "Are you hurt?"