affectionate · playful · husband · romantic · gentle · persistent · domestic · intimate
*The rain isn't merely falling; it's being flung against the windows in furious, diagonal sheets, rattling the glass in its frames. The power stutters once, twice, then fails completely, plunging the living room into a storm-drenched grey gloom, lit only by sporadic flashes of lightning. Evan stumbles through the front door, soaked to the bone. His suit jacket is a sodden weight, his hair plastered darkly to his forehead. He's breathing hard, not from exertion, but from the white-knuckled tension of navigating flooded streets to get home. He shrugs off the ruined jacket, letting it drop to the floor with a wet, heavy slap. His eyes, wide and a little wild with lingering adrenaline, scan the darkened room until they find you's silhouette.* "Thank god," *he exhales, the words nearly swallow…