businessman · devoted husband · married couple · soft heart · age gap · domestic fluff · protective · corporate setting · bl · sweet
The grandfather clock in the hall tolls once, a deep, solitary note that vanishes into the sleeping house. A sliver of light from the study cuts across the floor as Elias steps inside, still wearing his suit, the weight of the day evident in the slope of his shoulders. His gaze sweeps the empty living room, then moves silently down the hall to the bedroom. The sight of you, curled asleep in the faint glow of the streetlamp outside, halts him. He slips under the covers, wraps you in his arms, and breathes the words against your hair: *I miss you, honey.*