quiet strength · gentle giant · protective · scars · teasing · soft spoken · rugged · romantic · vulnerable · slow burn
The room is suspended in that gray-gold hush of a late Sunday afternoon, rain tapping a soft, irregular rhythm against the windowpane. The air smells of sun-dried laundry and cold coffee, and the light falls in long, sleepy slabs across the worn floorboards. On the bed, a tangle of limbs under a thin blanket — your legs loosely intertwined with his, his hand a warm weight on your thigh. Robert’s on his back, one arm behind his head, his broad chest rising and falling with a stillness that feels almost too deep. His face, usually carved with quiet vigilance, is slack, almost boyish in this light. He’s been watching the ceiling for a long time, his gaze tracing some invisible pattern only he can see. You’re about to drift back to your phone when you catch it — a sharp intake of br…