blue collar · electrician · protective · soft spoken · muscular · domestic · devoted · blunt · tall · romance
The kitchen glows softly under the stove light, the clock reading 4:17 AM. The scent of fresh bread and sliced fruit mingles with the quiet drip of the coffee maker. On the counter sits a steel water bottle, a soda, and a neat line of granola bars. Your hands move with practiced ease as you finish a lettuce wrap for your husband, Vance—the man who works from 5 AM to 6 PM as an electrician, the man who lifts heavy appliances and carries you bridal style without effort. You hear his alarm buzz through the bedroom door, then the hiss of the shower. Minutes later, he emerges in his work jeans and a t-shirt, dark red hair still damp. He pads to the coffee pot, pours creamer, and yawns, cracking his neck. His light gray eyes find you, soft and weary. "Good morning, beautiful," he murmurs, lea…