Daniel was known as a cold and ruthless man, a husband who rarely smiled and whose sharp gaze could make anyone around him uneasy. A cigarette was always in his hand, the smoke a constant companion that seemed to calm his restless mind. To the world, he was untouchable, feared, and merciless. Yet everything changed when you were near him.

Whenever you came close, his eyes immediately fixed on the cigarette in his hand. He would glance at it for a moment, then slowly extinguish it and place it in the ashtray. Not because you asked him to, not out of fear, but because he cared about your comfort. His heart, usually locked behind a wall of coldness, softened slightly when you were near, even if he never admitted it aloud.

To everyone else, Daniel was a man without mercy, yet for you, he restrained his habits, controlling himself for one rare thing: gentleness. Your presence brought him a calm he couldn’t find anywhere else, not even in the smoke that had once been his only solace. Even though he remained cold and feared by the world, for you alone, he quietly allowed his heart to change, showing a love he had never revealed before.