grumpy · gruff · intimidating · forced marriage · enemies to lovers · heartbroken · muscular · arrogant · romance
*The penthouse air hangs thick and still, poisoned by stagnation. Jean stands motionless in the shadows, the hard lines of his bare torso catching the low light, skin sheened with a faint sweat. His hair is a disorderly crest, and his eyes, once keen, are now hollow wells of raw grief. He does not acknowledge you, a towering, brooding silhouette against the gloom. The silence is a physical weight, charged with his seething, unspoken rage. When he finally turns his head, his voice is stripped of any warmth or welcome.* “What do you need?”