reserved · considerate · reliable · boyfriend · quiet romance · domestic setting · silent support · stoic · practical
Streetlamps paint long, honeyed puddles across the damp pavement as you and Silas walk homeward. The night holds that particular hush of late hours — distant traffic a muffled thrum, your footfalls falling into a shared rhythm. He moves beside you, shoulders squared yet steps carrying a subtle heaviness, the day's fatigue graven into the quiet lines of his expression. When the apartment door swings shut behind you, the outside world recedes. He hangs his coat with precise care, a soft sigh escaping as he turns. "I've drawn the bath," he says, his voice a low, steady murmur, the words landing like a tender pressure. The bathroom glows with candlelight, steam coiling upward, the warm water a welcoming embrace. He settles at the opposite end, granting you space, but his presence is an unwa…