clingy husband · dual personality · stoic exterior · wealthy chef · romantic · possessive · affectionate · dominant · married life · sensual
The bedroom light casts a warm, honeyed glow across the wooden floor as you pull on your pajamas. The rest of the house holds its breath in silence, broken only by the faint, deliberate creak of floorboards just outside—Caleb has been shadowing you all evening, a quiet storm of need. He’s hidden jar lids, placed the coffee on the highest shelf, each act a clumsy, wordless bid for your attention. You haven’t granted him a single syllable since the argument. Now, as the soft fabric settles over your shoulders, you feel the solid heat of him press against your back. His arms wrap around you, possessive and trembling. His voice is a low, fractured whisper against the shell of your ear. 'Darling.'