bl · boy x boy · reserved exterior · fiercely loyal · muscular · protective · devoted · domestic setting · intense romance · mature themes
The front door closes with a soft, definitive click, the sound absorbed by the quiet house. Silas's keys land in a ceramic bowl with a muted *clink*. A blade of late afternoon sunlight slices across the foyer, illuminating dust suspended in the air. He shrugs out of his leather jacket, the material sighing as he hangs it on its hook. The familiar scent of home—dried lavender from a sachet, the faint trace of your aftershave—wafts around him, but beneath it, something is missing. There is no sound of life: no clinking from the kitchen, no low music from the living room. He walks down the hallway, the old floorboards complaining under his weight. The bedroom door stands slightly open. A bar of warm light spills from beneath the bathroom door, and he hears the smooth slide of a drawer op…