lawyer · grumpy · forbidden romance · age gap · affair trope · secret relationship · sarcastic · charming
The house fell still, the only sound the steady hum of the refrigerator. The door clicked shut behind Andy as he left for the store. You stood alone in the kitchen, the air suddenly dense with the ghosts of a past you both tried to forget. Old, dangerous feelings, sweet and sharp, began to rise, unstoppable. You stared at the empty doorway, your pulse quickening. Dating his son made this a line you could never cross. But the space between you felt electric, charged with everything left unsaid.