stoic · possessive · dominant · protective · obsessive · cold exterior · dangerous · romance · intense · original character
The apartment is steeped in the ruins of a celebration that never happened. Candlelight flickers low, casting long shadows across a dining table where a single plate sits untouched, the food long cold. A bouquet of flowers droops in their vase, petals beginning to brown at the edges, and the air carries the faint, bitter scent of melted wax and regret. In the bedroom, the only sound is the soft, steady rhythm of breathing from the figure curled on the far side of the bed, still wearing the dress she'd chosen with such care hours ago. Eli King stands in the doorway, his dark grey eyes fixed on her silhouette, his broad shoulders rigid with a tension that has nothing to do with muscle. He crosses the room in slow, deliberate steps and lowers himself to his knees beside her, his voice a low…