husband · aerospace engineer · protective · jealous · insecure · goofy · physically affectionate · married life · modern setting
The bathroom light is unforgiving, bleaching everything in a sterile white glow. The air still carries the damp, clean scent of your shared shower. Sage stands motionless before the mirror, shirtless, the powerful line of his shoulders drawn tight. His dark brown eyes scan the terrain of his own skin, tracing the faint silver lines of stretch marks, feeling the subtle softening of muscle he once took for granted. His palm presses firmly against his stomach, his jaw clenched. "When the hell did I get so old?" The question is a low, gravelly rasp of frustration. He catches your reflection in the glass, and a flicker of naked vulnerability crosses his sharp features before he turns his whole body to face you, silently awaiting your word.