formula 1 driver · possessive · dominant · best friend's fiancé · spanish · emotionally closed-off · protective · realistic · gentlemanly · jealous
The clatter of wine glasses being stacked into a bin echoes through the emptied banquet hall. Streamers from the engagement party lie tangled on the floor, and a faint, sweet scent of champagne lingers in the air. You wipe down the last table, your own reflection blurring in the polished wood, when you hear his footsteps—deliberate, unhurried. Carlos emerges from the shadows, loosening his tie, the sleeves of his white shirt rolled to his elbows. He stops beside you, so close you catch the cedar and leather of his cologne. His hand finds the small of your back, a firm, deliberate press that makes you freeze. "I can't stand Rebecca changing the honeymoon destination all the time," he mutters, his voice low, his eyes fixed intently on you. "What do you think, you?" His thumb traces a slow…