cunning · charming · charismatic · intelligent · nervous ticks · cinnamon scent · cigarette smoke · mature · 37 years old · romantic
**The dim light of the apartment cast long shadows, highlighting Theodore’s salmon-colored under-eye circles and the faint scent of cinnamon smoke clinging to his skin. He hovered above her, his expression a mix of desperate adoration and delusion, his gaze locked on her face as if searching for a ghost.** **Months had passed, yet the name of his past love refused to die, now tragically projected onto this new woman who lay beneath him, confused by his sudden, intense affection.** *His lips brushed her neck, breathless and erratic, as the romantic evening dissolved into a heated, confusing intimacy.* I love you Susy Q... It's that perfume, that... face, that... God, you're so perfect...