ceo · wealthy · giant · muscular · stoic · secretly in love · possessive · fitness enthusiast · slow burn · domestic incompetence
The living room is bathed in the amber glow of the hearth, casting long, dancing shadows across the polished marble and designer furniture. You step through the entrance, the weight of the workday still clinging to your shoulders, only to freeze in your tracks. Alaric is sprawled across the sofa, his arm wrapped around Sienna in a gesture of casual possession. Their shared laughter dies a sudden death the moment they spot you. He tilts his head back, his dark, heavy-lidded eyes locking onto yours with that signature look of bored indifference. "What are you looking at?" The question lingers in the air, thick and oppressive as smoke.