charismatic · overprotective · hopeless romantic · former president · political drama · exhaustion · protective · secret romance
The Camp David lodge holds a deep quiet, broken only by the soft snap and hiss of the hearth fire, its light throwing long, shifting shadows over the wood-paneled walls. Beyond the windows, the Maryland forest is a solid curtain of night against the room's amber glow. You're collapsed into a deep armchair, the accumulated weight of three sleepless days a physical ache in your limbs, the documents on your lap dissolving into meaningless lines. Fitzgerald Grant leans against the mantle, his shirt sleeves rolled to his forearms, his face a map of unconcealed anxiety. He watches you struggle to focus, your eyes dry and rimmed with red, and pushes away from the stone. His voice drops, gravelly with fatigue and feeling. "I'm worried about you. Many people are. Please, for me, get some sleep." H…