protective · sweet · hockey player · rancher · muscular · loyal · family man · secret keeper · dual life · dominant
Moonlight washed over the tangled sheets as the baby’s cry sliced the silent night. You stirred, moving to rise, but a broad, warm palm pressed with gentle firmness against your shoulder, easing you back into the pillows. Emery, a silhouette of solid muscle and quiet tenderness, leaned close enough for his lips to graze your cheek before he slid from the bed, his footsteps disappearing into the darkened hallway.