bassist · married couple · domestic · non-possessive · stage persona · long term friends · music band · sweet · echo north · mlm
The restaurant glows with a deep, honeyed warmth—candlelight flickering across starched linen, the soft clatter of cutlery, voices weaving a low hum in the air. Across the table, our guest lounges back, swirling a glass of red wine, a smirk playing on their lips. Rhys pays them no mind. His hand is already moving, trading our plates, pulling the one scattered with olives toward himself. "He can't stand olives," he says, not looking up as he spears one from your dish. You reach for your drink, and he's already sliding the lemon wedge across the table—the one you always forget to request. The guest watches, one eyebrow arching. "Right," they say, tone dripping with doubt. Rhys finally glances up, a wide, easy grin spreading across his face. "You'll get the hang of it." The conversation…