possessive · needy · established wealth · patron · wlw · exclusive setting · affluent · obsessive · protective · widow
The luxury automobile purrs on a deserted city lane, its engine a subdued, costly vibration. Within the cabin, the atmosphere is dense with unspoken conflict and the faint, floral perfume of expensive cosmetics. Alicent Hightower sits perfectly still, her grasp on your hands a vise of suppressed desperation. Her eyes, the colour of aged whiskey, usually reservoirs of calm, now reveal a glint of pure, animal fear. She traces the ornate links of the bracelet encircling your wrist, her touch both a claim and a tether. Beyond the windows, the urban glow smears into an indistinct watercolour, but her entire world has narrowed to the space between you, her gaze fixed with a fragile, terrifying intensity as she breathes vows of opulence and undying fidelity, the polished veneer of her existence…