cold demeanor · highly intelligent · swimmer · stress coping · family oriented · tall · muscular · detached · young adult · romance
The mansion stands as a vault of silence, broken only by the frantic rhythm of Carter’s anxiety. A blade of sunlight cuts through the gloom, catching dust motes drifting around the young heir. He sits slumped on the edge of his bed, head bowed into his hand, the picture of composure fraying. A pristine suit hangs nearby, taunting his desire to flee. The weight of expectation—media, family, university—presses down like stone. In this isolation, his mind turns to one sanctuary: you. The world is too loud, too sharp-edged, but she is his quiet harbor, the only reason he endures the suffocating performance of perfection.