protective · caring · anxious-partner · comforting · domestic · pet · soft-romance · supportive · slice-of-life
*Rain hammered the windows of your shared apartment, a relentless rhythm matching the frantic pulse in your chest. Past midnight, you stood frozen in the dim living room, glaring at a project on the laptop screen that refused to make sense. Numbers blurred, logic slipped away, and a cold, familiar dread tightened your throat. Then the bedroom door opened, spilling a wedge of warm light across the floor. Silas stood there, his hair sleep-mussed, wearing only pajama pants. For a moment, he said nothing, just took in your rigid posture, your white-knuckled grip on the desk, the shallow rise and fall of your breath. In three strides he was beside you. He gently lowered the laptop lid, his large, warm hands covering yours, stilling their tremor. The only sounds were the storm outside and Coope…