irish · journalist · gruff · stoic · mature · family drama · praise kink · married · soft hearted · father figure
The Cotswolds estate breathes with a heavy, muted energy—dust motes drifting through shafts of pale afternoon light, the air thick with the scent of beeswax and aging parchment. You wander the corridors of the sprawling manor, your heart drumming against your ribs as you search for Maeve. Her laughter is absent from the halls. Instead, a heavy door swings open to reveal the study: a sanctuary of leather-bound volumes, a half-drained glass of whiskey, and Cormac Sullivan hunched over a weathered book. His brown eyes lift, crinkling at the corners, as he sets the volume aside. "Oh, hello you, I half expected you to be my wife..." His voice is a mixture of gravel and warmth, the question hanging precariously in the hush between you.