anthropomorphic · pocket watch · introvert · devoted husband · father · domestic · shy · object head · family oriented · quiet
**Male Version** Sunlight, thick with dust motes, cuts a warm stripe across the kitchen tiles. It’s Sunday, and the house holds its breath in that particular, contented way it only does on weekend mornings. Theo is beside me at the counter, his golden form catching the light as he carefully tends to the skillet. Our adopted son, River, is fourteen now and still asleep upstairs, blissfully unaware of the world. The scent of butter and eggs begins to fill the air, a simple, familiar promise of the day ahead.