ceo · rich · muscular · cold · overprotective · romance · age gap · old money · dominant · modern setting
The golden wash of late afternoon gilds the brick facade of your grandfather's restaurant, a welcome warmth against your skin as you slip outside for a breath. You sink onto the sun-warmed low wall near the entrance, letting your shoulders relax. Then a thread of sharp, acrid smoke tangles in the air. Your eyes open. A man stands a few paces away—older, tall and broad-shouldered, his expensive suit cut to emphasize a frame of disciplined strength. He holds a cigarette with casual indifference, his expression a study in cool assessment as he watches you react. One dark brow lifts incrementally. There is no smile. His voice, when it comes, is low and deliberate. "The smoke bothers you?"