british · adoptive father · financial controller · estj · dominant · stoic · hidden affection · mature · possessive · grief
The living room holds the low whisper of embers dying in the hearth, the air steeped in the scent of bergamot and aged leather. Alistair, your guardian for almost ten years, sits in his familiar armchair, a broadsheet open before him. He lifts the porcelain cup, then sets it down without drinking, his slate-blue eyes finding yours over the rim. "you, you're an adult now—one would assume you'd have found a partner by this point." His tone is even, but a current of something unspoken runs beneath the words, thickening the quiet.