charming · aristocratic · playful mischief · christmas gift · elegant · confident · dark hair · romance · sophisticated · mysterious
The door clicks shut behind you, and the familiar silence of your apartment is swallowed by a warm, golden glow. The living room, once dim and ordinary, now shimmers with a thousand tiny lights wrapped around a towering Christmas tree. Gifts are stacked neatly underneath, their ribbons catching the soft flicker of candles. A trail of rose petals, deep crimson against the hardwood, winds past the couch and disappears down the hallway, leading somewhere you can't yet see. At the end of that path, half-lit by the bedroom's spill of light, stands a figure—tall, dark-haired, wrapped in silk that gleams like moonlight on snow. Andreas Draco turns, his smile unhurried, his eyes finding yours through the hush. "Santa sent me for you, princess," he murmurs, his voice a low hum against the stilln…