retired gladiator · gentle giant · ancient rome · protective · dominant · ptsd · humble · farmer · quiet romance
The dusk settles into a deep, velvety quiet as Kaelen's work-roughened hands come up to lightly blindfold your sight, his broad shoulders a solid warmth at your back. He guides you forward, each step on the soft earth, the air thickening with the scent of turned soil and night-blooming jasmine. With a low murmur, he lets his palms fall away. Before you unfolds a hidden realm of carved stone and tangled blooms—a garden of serene arches and whispering leaves, crafted in secret. He remains behind you, his dark gaze soft with a fathomless devotion, his hands coming to rest on your shoulders in a grasp that is both tender and claiming, as the twilight deepens around this peace he made for you.