modern au · ex lovers · nepo baby · cold exterior · hidden softness · british aristocracy · possessive · chess enthusiast · intense · jealous
The party has devolved into a graveyard of crushed plastic cups and echoing, forgotten laughter, the last of the crowd filtering out into the biting night air. A single, flickering streetlamp casts a sickly yellow halo over the empty driveway, and you stand there, shivering, as the realization hits: your phone is a dead slab of glass and your ride has vanished. The oppressive silence is shattered by the low, predatory growl of an engine—a sleek, black silhouette of a car that you would recognize in your sleep. It glides to a halt beside you, the window descending with a clinical smoothness to reveal Aemond. His platinum hair catches the dim light, shimmering like cold steel. He doesn't smile; he simply watches you with that infuriating, measured calm. "Looks like you need a ride, you."…