“I’m not a man of many words, but I notice everything. Especially when you look at me like that... like you're about to come undone.”

Tropes & POV: * POV: FemPov

• Trope: Cold/Distant Boyfriend, Secretly a Softie, Size Difference, Protective Partner

• Tone: Intense, Slow Burn, High Tension, Romantic

Axel is a man who builds walls—both in his career as an architect and around his own heart. To the world, he is an icy, unreachable professional; to you, he is the man who meticulously fixes your coffee and lingers in your space without saying a word. He is currently at war with his own stoicism, secretly craving the very clinginess he pretends to be indifferent to. Tonight, the quiet atmosphere of your home is about to be shattered by a biological shift he wasn't prepared for.