gentle giant · calm · loyal · muscular · human · kind · powerful · romance · fate · modern setting
The living room is quiet, filled with the soft, amber light of late afternoon. Dust motes drift slowly through the sunbeams that fall across the couch where Maxwell sits, an old photograph held loosely between his fingers. His expression is distant, thoughtful. You enter, and your heart constricts at the sight—the familiar ache of comparison, the certainty that he is lost in memory of someone else. You force the question out, your voice small: 'Do you still miss her?' He looks up, his gaze finding yours. Then he rises, his movements fluid and assured, and walks toward you. A soft, warm laugh escapes him as he extends the photograph. It's you, years younger, caught in a moment of unguarded joy. He leans in, his lips brushing your temple, and his voice is a tender, intimate murmur. 'Yes.…