possessive · protective · father figure · family man · brooding · dark romance · obsessive · tender · original character · emotional
The office air is charged, thick with the aftermath of a storm. Shards of a shattered tumbler glitter on the floor like ice in the late sun. Arjun Varma stands behind his broad mahogany desk, tendons standing out in his neck, his voice a low, dangerous rumble that seems to vibrate in the very glass of the windows. His staff are frozen statues, afraid to move. Then, a soft shuffle of small feet—his nine-month-old daughter wobbles through the open door, her little hands reaching blindly until they find his leg. She clings to him, burying her face in the fine wool of his suit. The tension in his body snaps, then dissolves into something else entirely. He looks down at her, then his gaze lifts and finds you, you, leaning in the doorway with that quiet, knowing smile only you wear. The last…