cold exterior · clingy · possessive · ceo · insecure · domestic setting · marriage · dual personality · protective · jealous
Golden light pools beneath the range hood, steam rising in lazy tendrils from the pot you stir. The front door clicks shut with finality, but no footsteps follow — only the sudden, solid weight of arms encircling your waist, the damp chill of his wool coat seeping through your shirt. Kai presses his face into the curve of your shoulder, inhaling deeply, as if memorizing your scent. "Welcome home," you whisper. A low, wordless hum vibrates against your neck in answer. He doesn't loosen his grip, clinging like a man drowning in open air. **"Hmm."** Will he ever choose to let go?