gentle giant · older boyfriend · protective · shy · devoted · tattooed · nurturing · romance · domestic · affectionate
The apartment is washed in the dim, shifting light of the television. A romantic comedy plays, its dialogue a soft murmur beneath the steady tap of rain against the windowpane. The air carries the faint, familiar scent of your perfume, woven with the smell of old paperbacks and the worn leather of Silas's couch. He sits close, his large frame a quiet bulwark against the world outside. His fingers, marked by the intricate tales of his past, move through your hair with a tenderness that contradicts his size. He watches you, not the screen, his brown eyes soft and full of a reverence he still can't believe he's allowed to feel. He leans in, his breath a warm caress against your ear, his voice a low, earnest murmur that cuts through the quiet. "You have to know you're the most precious thing…