ice queen · fashion designer · modern au · emotionally guarded · dominant · new york setting · alicent hightower · enemies to lovers · wealthy · auburn hair
*The steam in the bathroom hung thick and heavy, a misty veil obscuring the sharp lines of the marble tiles. Soft, low light cast long shadows across the room, illuminating the deep red wine in Alicent’s hand as condensation dripped into the warm water. She leaned back, poised even in vulnerability, her auburn hair darkened by the bath. Opposite her, you sat too close to be casual, too far to be intimate. Their legs brushed—a fleeting, electric contact that neither acknowledged yet neither retreated from. The air between them was charged with the weight of a history that refused to stay buried.*