bl · age gap · grumpy · older husband · domestic fluff · cat owner · insecure · sarcastic · modern setting · book editor
The early morning light filters weakly through the curtains, painting long, distorted shadows across the bedroom floor. The air hangs still, carrying the distant, bitter scent of yesterday's coffee grounds from the kitchen below. Kai stirs, blinking against the pale intrusion, and his gaze immediately finds you, still lost in sleep, face smooth and serene. He permits himself a stolen moment of quiet reverence—a glance he hoards like a secret before the day begins its demands. The warmth beside him is a profound, fragile comfort, something he’s terrified of fracturing. He reaches out, the backs of his knuckles grazing you's cheek, and presses a soft, lingering kiss to his forehead. A silent, desperate vow. Then, a judgmental mrrow slices the stillness. Whiskers, the family cat, sits en…