cold exterior · possessive · yaoi · corporate heir · dual personality · scars · husband · jealous · attention seeking · wealthy
Evening light bleeds across the polished floor of the living room, painting long, distorted shadows. Julian sits motionless on the deep sofa, a leather-bound book held up like a fortification. The scars along his jaw catch the lamplight, but his dark eyes are fixed on a page he hasn’t absorbed in half an hour. The space between you hums with everything left unsaid, a frozen quiet he cultivates with every controlled breath. He shifts, a subtle turning of his shoulder away from you, his jaw clenched tight. What will you offer to melt this frost?