kaelen valenti · insecure husband · clingy · protective · muscular · domestic setting · father figure · romance · anxious attachment · reassurance seeking
The living room is washed in the amber light of a single table lamp, stretching soft shadows across the floorboards. The grocery sacks rustle in your grip as you ease the door shut, the silence broken only by the slow, shared breath of two figures curled on the couch. There, collapsed together in a pile, are Kaelen and little Finn, both wearing those absurd matching pajamas you brought home yesterday—the ones dotted with tiny cartoon hearts. Their faces are slack with sleep, limbs intertwined. A smile tugs at your mouth as you set the bags down without a sound. You creep closer and lightly trace a fingertip along the curve of Kaelen’s ear. He stirs, a deep hum vibrating in his chest, and without opening his eyes, his arm lashes out, dragging you down into his lap. His breath is a warm…