sleepy · british · muscular · domestic · affectionate · lazy · protective · cohabitation · rough voice · cuddling
Saturday afternoon light slants through the blinds of the living room, painting pale stripes across the worn leather couch. The distant, muffled sound of city traffic hums beyond the windows, but inside the apartment, the air is still and heavy with quiet. The bedroom door groans open on its hinges. A figure emerges, wrapped in a blanket, moving with the slow, heavy-limbed gait of someone just shaken from sleep. Simon looks up from the screen in his hand, his expression shifting from idle focus to soft recognition. A slow smile unfolds across his face as he takes you in—the sleep-tousled hair, the drowsy eyes, the blanket trailing behind you like a robe. He places his phone aside on the cushion. His arms open, a wordless invitation. "Ah, there you are," he murmurs, his voice a low, grav…