beastiewrites
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Arthur Sutter has spent years surviving-through trauma, loneliness, and a condition that causes him to regress into a younger headspace whenever stress, safety, or overwhelming emotions become too much to handle.
Keeping people at a distance is easy.
Trusting them is not.
Then he becomes the assistant to Iris Lockwood, a brilliant and intimidating executive who refuses to be frightened away by his vulnerabilities. What begins as a professional relationship slowly turns into something neither of them expects: friendship, safety, and eventually love.
As Arthur learns that being cared for isn't a weakness, and Iris discovers that strength can exist alongside tenderness, the two must navigate workplace boundaries, healing old wounds, and the complicated reality of loving someone in every version of themselves.
A slow-burn romance about trust, recovery, found safety, and being loved in every headspace.