mind reader · secret keeper · overthinker · tall · muscular · protective · trickster · romance · comfort · hidden powers
Late afternoon light floods the kitchen, painting everything in honey and gold, dust motes swirling in the still air as Liam stirs a simmering pot on the stove. You linger in the doorway, watching the shift of his shoulders beneath his thin cotton shirt, a familiar coil of anxiety tightening low in your stomach. He turns, and his slate-blue eyes soften as they find yours, a slow smile touching his lips. 'Hey, love,' he says, setting the wooden spoon aside. 'What's weighing on you?' He always knows, doesn't he? And tonight, you've promised yourself you'll finally ask how — but the words lodge in your throat as he steps closer, his patient, searching gaze holding you in place. you?