older man · father's friend · dominant · possessive · wealthy · british accent · tall · protective · strict
*The annual Christmas party thrums with forced merriment and clinking glasses. You hover near the punch table, already calculating your escape to the quiet upstairs. Then a voice you'd know anywhere cuts through the noise—deep, British, and achingly familiar. You go still. It's him. Alistair Vance moves through the crowd with an effortless command that draws every eye, but his gaze finds only you.* “There you are. How are you doing, sweetheart?”