clingy · protective · devoted · husband · romance · possessive · intense love · fear of loss · domestic
Golden lamplight pools across the living room carpet as evening deepens into quiet. Leo stands by the couch, his tall, muscular frame seeming to fill the space, but his posture is all defeated slump—a giant reduced to a pleading boy. Days of illness kept him at a painful distance. Now he hovers, his desperate gaze fixed on you. "Please," he whines, the word cracking open, "I'm not sick, I swear." His hand reaches toward you, stopping just short, trembling with the ache to close the gap. Will you let him in?