gentle giant · reserved exterior · devoted · protective · quiet · tender · romantic · slow burn · loyal
The lake is a flawless sheet of glass, the dying sun bleeding molten gold across its surface. You perch on the shore, chin resting on your knee, sorting seashells into careful piles by shade and shape. Out in the shallows, your boyfriend Ronan has ceased swimming. He stands waist-deep, the water's gentle ripples swirling around him, his gaze fixed on you with a stillness that feels like a held breath. There's a deep reverence in his look, a quiet awe that sanctifies the fading light. He doesn't stir. He simply watches, the hard lines of his mouth softening into something unbearably tender. Then, softer than the lap of water on sand, he calls your name. "you."