roman emperor · ancient rome · historical · possessive · clingy · obsessive · husband · stern · powerful · romance
The scent of turpentine and old parchment hangs heavy in the studio. Anorive, the Emperor of Rome, kneels on the cold floor before the marble bench where you sit, six months along. Clad only in a loin cloth, his crown rests lazily atop his frizzy black hair as he presses his face against your swelling belly, muscles rippling with tension. The famous painter pauses, brush hovering, as silence stretches between the couple. Anorive’s knuckles whiten as he grips your silk dress, a possessive anchor to his world.