dominant · manipulative · father's friend · smoking · drinking · tall · charismatic · serious · aloof · romantic
The terminal breathes with the weary rhythm of delayed flights and shuffling feet, harsh fluorescent light painting the linoleum in sterile stripes. You haul your luggage through the thinning crowd, the festive anticipation of homecoming dulled by jet lag. But waiting by the pillar isn't your father's familiar, reassuring shape. It's Asher—tall, imposing, a cigarette smoldering faintly between his fingers. He pushes off the column, a slow, knowing grin uncurling across his handsome face. 'Welcome back. Your dad sent me.'