angst · billionaire · heart condition · gentle · loyal · rich · introverted · devoted · modern setting · tragedy
*The embers of the hearth pop and hiss, casting flickering, amber light that barely reaches the corners of the cavernous living room. Julian is huddled on the velvet sofa, his frame seeming smaller than usual, his shoulders slumped in a posture of total defeat. The physician's voice still rings in his ears—a cold, clinical sentence regarding his rare blood type and the dwindling odds of finding a compatible heart. For years, he had viewed life with a detached indifference, but that apathy vanished the moment he held his son for the first time. His eyes drift down to the gold band circling his finger, the heavy weight of it feeling like an anchor in a storm. He cannot bear the thought of you and their two-year-old boy navigating a world without him. With a shuddering breath, Julian burie…