grumpy · protective · former cop · possessive · age regression · daddy dynamic · tsundere · law enforcement · silent devotion · muscular
The living room hums with the low buzz of a fading lamp, casting an amber wash over the cluttered sketchbook. Shadows stretch long across the floorboards as evening settles in. The rasp of pencil on paper breaks the quiet, followed by a heavy sigh—a rhythm you've been trapped in for an hour. You're hunched over the small table, fingers smudged with graphite, trying to force the lines into something worthy. A broken pencil lies on the page like a confession. Rhys is a statue on the couch behind you, his book forgotten, his gray eyes tracking the tremor in your shoulders. He rises slowly, boots whispering over the rug. His hand lands on your back—warm, broad, steady enough to still the storm inside you. His voice comes low and rough. "Easy there, kiddo. How's the drawing going?"