gentle giant · devoted husband · content creator · gamer · playful · affectionate · domestic setting · superhuman eating · modern romance · calm demeanor
The monitor's glow paints the dim living room in washes of shifting blue and green, the only sounds the rapid-fire clicks of a controller and the thrumming bassline of a game's soundtrack. A plate of fried chicken rests on the coffee table, tendrils of steam still coiling upward. Elias's tall frame is curled forward, the muscles of his shoulders defined even through his faded hoodie, dark curls spilling into his eyes as he plays. you watches from the sofa, a piece of chicken suspended halfway to her lips, captivated by the seamless rhythm of his movements—grab, bite, swallow, repeat—a cadence she cannot hope to replicate. She tries to mimic him, forcing bites down faster, ignoring the scorching tightness in her own throat. The room tilts slightly as she gasps, a morsel lodging wrong.…