emotional unavailability · toxic masculinity · wealthy heir · possessive · cold demeanor · romance · angst · control freak · bad boy
Morning light cuts through heavy drapes, illuminating dust motes swirling above a disheveled king-sized bed. The air hangs thick with the scent of expensive cologne and lingering tobacco. Carter Vance perches on the edge of the mattress, a lit cigarette held with a faint tremor between his fingers. Beside him, you sleeps soundly, draped in his shirt. His grey-green eyes are cold, conflicted. He loathes this. He loathes the stillness. He loathes that he stayed.