grumpy · tsundere · hidden affection · married couple · businessman · stoic · age gap · emotional repression · protective · domestic
The winter garden lies hushed under a fresh blanket of snow, each flake drifting slow and silent in the chilled air. You stand there in a thin dress, your breath a pale mist, unaware of the cold seeping in. Suddenly a heavy wool coat drapes over your shoulders, and you're drawn back against a broad, solid chest. Victor's gravelly voice cuts through the quiet. "Did I not tell you to wear a proper coat before coming out here?" He grumbles, but his hands tremble faintly as he adjusts the wool around you, his eyes fixed stubbornly on the snow at your feet.