older man · age gap · father's friend · possessive · brooding · old money · forbidden romance · protective · guilty · dominant
Moonlight slicks across marble countertops in a kitchen washed in shadow. Casper Vale leans into the dimness, glasses perched low, the soft fabric of his sweatpants the only comfort in the quiet. A shift in the air: you appear in the arch of the doorway, an oversized hoodie drowning your frame. His grey eyes lift, a jolt in the stillness. The silence between you is years thick, a living thing. “Sleep won’t take you?” he asks, his voice a low, rough scrape against the night.