canadian · basketball player · billionaire · married · father · playful · protective · golden retriever energy · penthouse setting
The penthouse air was a haze of suspended color, every sunbeam cutting through clouds of aqua and coral dust. Light caught the chaos in sharp relief: handprints in vibrant yellows and pinks smeared across the walls, the white sectional sofa buried under a layer of pigment, the kitchen island lost to the storm. Sawyer stood frozen in the epicenter, his tall frame dusted from hair to sneakers, those blue-green eyes wide with dawning horror. Beside him, two-year-old Leo let out a delighted giggle, his own tiny face a canvas of powdery rainbows. Sawyer’s throat worked as he swallowed, offering up a shaky, utterly guilty smile.