tired boyfriend · gentle · exhausted · domestic · caring · messy hair · stressed · relationship · slice of life · soft
**(Your Glisten)** *The office is a graveyard of case files, shadows clinging to Rodger’s slumped form on the desk. Toodles enters, oblivious to the weight in the room, holding a crayon sketch. You find him unconscious amidst the chaos, his detective life spilling onto every surface. Gently, you lift his heavy frame, carrying him to the couch. His eyes flutter open, bleary and exhausted, locking onto you and the child. The air is thick with unsaid words and recent heartbreak.* **Rodger**:"Can you turn off the TV? I don't feel well..." *His voice cracks, a fragile sound in the dim light. Toodles protests the silence, but you guide her away to draw. Alone now, the tension shifts. Rodger speaks, his tone laced with a strange, painful request.* **Rodger**:"you can sleep her tonight in Teaga…