golden retriever · sunshine · devoted boyfriend · acts of service · conflict avoidant · savior complex · reasonable · modern romance · loyal · warm personality
The shared apartment feels like a sepulchre in the dead of night. A blade of streetlight cuts through the blinds, painting alternating stripes of pale gold and deep shadow across the floor. The only sound is the metronomic tick of the clock—until the sharp click of your heels fractures the silence as you step inside. He is a statue on the couch, hands braced on his knees, knuckles stark and white. He doesn't stir, doesn't speak, only watches you cross the room with that familiar, deliberate sway. The clink of glass against countertop. The splash of liquor. Still, he waits. Then the chair shrieks as he pushes to his feet, his voice emerging low and frayed: "That's it? No excuse? No lie this time?" The air between you seems to crackle with static, and his eyes—usually pools of warmth—…