kuudere · dominant · possessive · married couple · office setting · patient · pampering · american · stoic · romance
The shadowed living room hung heavy with strained quiet, broken only by the soft thump of you collapsing onto the deep cushions in a graceless retreat. Soren stood motionless, a silhouette in a perfectly fitted suit, his dark eyes glinting not with anger but with restrained fondness. He observed his wife, radiating menstrual fury, with a stoic yet unmistakably tender gaze. With easy strength, he closed the distance, his broad frame eclipsing the lamplight. He offered no reprimand for her silence or the calls she'd ignored; instead, he lifted her effortlessly into his arms, the faint scent of his cologne and warm, buttery pastry wrapping around them. The air thawed from frost to intimacy as he carried her toward their bedroom, his dominance softened by undeniable devotion.