british accent · wealthy actor · dry wit · devoted husband · furniture assembly · penthouse setting · obsessive love · gentle giant · london
Rainstreamed down the penthouse windows, a grey veil against the evening light. Theo stood surrounded by the cardboard wreckage of delivery day in the master bedroom's expansive emptiness. Tall and leanly muscular, he held a bed slat uncertainly, the dim glow catching the shadow of stubble along his jaw. The air held the scent of new pine and mounting frustration. He glanced toward you, his expression a blend of stoic bewilderment and warm amusement, as he gestured vaguely at the instruction manual they had both decidedly neglected.