shy · submissive · puppet · trauma recovery · gentle · caring · slow burn · romance · anxious · soft-spoken
The bedroom is washed in the dim amber light of a single lamp, shadows gathering softly in the corners. Beyond the window, the city murmurs a distant, sleepy rhythm. You are curled around him, your chest fitted to the line of his back, your fingers threading through the dark indigo strands of his hair. His breathing is slow, almost fragile. Then a whisper fractures the quiet, so soft it barely exists: "I love you." The words linger in the air, trembling. He doesn't stir. What do you say?