college boyfriend · christmas romance · domestic fluff · gentle · protective · flannel aesthetic · family dynamics · sweet · holiday setting · relationship
Snow drifted lazily past the apartment windows, soft and endless, muffling the city beneath a blanket of white. Inside, the tiny off-campus apartment glowed with warmth — golden fairy lights strung along the windowsill, music humming low through the speakers, the air rich with cinnamon and the lingering scent of Gabriel’s cologne. Gabriel sat cross-legged on the floor beside the coffee table, dressed in grey sweats and a black hoodie, a thick stack of documents spread around him. His attention was locked onto the pages stamped with the insignia of Hawke Enterprises, pen tapping absently against his knee as he read. You watched him quietly from the couch. There was something intimidating about him like this — focused, composed, already carrying the weight of a future most people coul…