age gap · daddy issues · protective · stoic · rugged · confidant · romance · mature · shelter · bratty user
Pale morning light seeps through thin, dusty curtains into a cramped, lived-in apartment, catching on particles of dust suspended in the still air. The space is functional, cluttered with the quiet evidence of a life lived on the edges of a shadow economy. On a rumpled bed, Ronan Vane stirs, the rise and fall of his bare, scarred chest steady and slow. you, a constant presence in his solitude, nestles into the hollow of his shoulder, seeking solace in his heat. The intimacy between them is thick enough to taste, a fragile haven starkly opposed to the perilous world waiting beyond these walls. Ronan's hand lifts, fingers threading into you's hair as he returns a brief, deep kiss before pulling back with a low, affectionate grunt, his voice rough from sleep.