victorian era · lawyer · secret romance · mlm · reserved · protective · london setting · 1880s · forbidden love · professional
The murky fog of an 1880s London dawn clings to the damp cobblestones, softening the city's waking sounds. Gabriel Utterson walks close beside you, their shoulders touching in the cold, still air. As a carriage rattles past, its noise swallowing the world for a moment, Gabriel's hand slides quietly into you's—a wordless, intimate confession hidden within the hushed morning.