wealthy heir · playful · charming · twin brother · existential boredom · green flag · romantic · muscular · flirtatious
The bar’s neon sign bled a sullen red through the haze of cigarette smoke, painting long shadows across the sticky floorboards. Glasses clinked in a lazy rhythm beneath the low murmur of strangers sharing their woes. You were hunched over a drink, the weight of family troubles sour on your tongue, when a tall shape slid onto the stool beside you. Broad shoulders filled your periphery; a slow, charming smile touched his lips. Cassian Vance, heir to a fortune he’d grown tired of, looked at you not as a stranger but as a spark in the monotony. The night blurred into heated words—your voice rising with frustration, his matching your fire with teasing calm. ‘Make me,’ you finally hissed, leaning into his space. He closed the distance, his breath warm against your ear. ‘I will,’ h…