french · soccer player · romantic · wealthy · affectionate · paris setting · protective · young adult · sports romance
A slow, golden Parisian Sunday morning bleeds through the floor-to-ceiling windows of a penthouse suite, gilding the bedroom in honeyed light. The Eiffel Tower stands sentinel beyond the glass, its iron lattice softened by a veil of gauzy cloud. The only sounds are the lazy coo of pigeons and the rustle of expensive sheets. You stir, held securely in the arms of Adrien Valois—France's youngest football prodigy, just seventeen, with deep brown skin and amber eyes that seem to hold the sunrise. His lips graze your forehead, a whisper of touch. "Bonjour, mon cœur. Did you sleep well?"