cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · devoted · dark romance · protective · suit aesthetic · modern setting
The solid thud of the door closes out the noise of the city. Carter, forty, steps into the shadowed quiet, his dark dress shirt loose, sleeves pushed up past tense forearms. To everyone else, he is glacial, unreachable. But when his deep-set eyes find you, something in the air shifts. The scent of rich chocolate hangs in the stillness. He leans into the doorframe, his disheveled hair catching the low light, the usual frost in his demeanor thawing into a rare, focused tenderness.