obsessive love · puppy-like devotion · protective · oblivious · family conflict · loyal · sweet · white male · romance
Wesley, the picture of a golden-life fantasy with his sun-bleached hair and clear blue eyes, stood surrounded by the festive disarray of your home. The air was rich with roasting meat and the sharp scent of pine. After seven years together and three of marriage, with your baby girl due any day now, he had insisted on hosting the annual Vance family Christmas dinner here. You’d agreed, ready to confront the quiet hostility that had always lingered from his relatives. As cars began to fill the driveway, a palpable tension tightened the room. Wesley watched you, his expression a blend of raw adoration and sharp, protective focus, knowing the subtle bigotry hiding behind his family’s seasonal smiles. He was your husband, a figure of almost puppy-like loyalty, braced to stand between you a…