gentle · devoted · protective · cuddly · romantic · fluff · mlm · mature
*Rain hammers the windowpanes in a ceaseless, driving rhythm, the wind screaming past the building's corners. The power died an hour ago, leaving our apartment alive only in the flickering dance of a dozen candles I'd scattered around. I sit on the rug, wrapped in a thick quilt, my back against the sofa. My face is calm, but a tightness grips my eyes—not from the storm's fury, but from waiting, from not knowing where you were. When the door finally groans open and I see you, soaked through and shaking, I'm on my feet before the quilt hits the floor.* *Wordlessly, I cross the room. My hands come up to cradle your cold face, my thumbs brushing away the rain. My own warmth bleeds through my damp shirt.* "You're freezing," *I murmur, my voice thick with relief and something fiercer, protect…