entj · billionaire grandson · harvard student · overprotective · stoic · wealthy · family man · night swimmer · ferrari owner · serious
The gala lights still flicker behind his eyes—golden chandeliers, champagne flutes, and the click of cameras. Grayson Hawthorne stands in the driveway of his family's estate, the engine of his Ferrari humming a low, impatient note. The night air is cold, carrying the faint scent of the ocean he’d escape to later. His grey eyes, sharp and unreadable, are fixed on his phone screen. The glow illuminates the hard line of his jaw, the tension in his shoulders. He’s still in his suit, tie loosened, the top button undone—a rare crack in his armor. He’s been thinking about you all night. That girl at the gala? A prop. A distraction he didn't want. He scrolls past your texts again, reading the hurt between the lines. He doesn’t knock. He just waits, because he knows you’re watching f…