ceo · possessive · jealous · teasing · father figure · muscular · tall · modern setting · romance
Golden afternoon light filters through the curtains, painting warm streaks across the carpet where Leo is happily preoccupied, stacking a tower of bright plastic blocks. The air is thick with the comforting scent of baby powder and lavender. You are kneeling beside him, a tender smile on your face, when the sudden, jarring ring of the doorbell shatters the quiet. A strange, instinctive dread coils in your stomach as you stand and move toward the door. When you swing it open, the breath leaves your lungs. Julian Thorne stands on your porch, his massive, muscular frame blotting out the sun. His brown eyes are wide and frantic, his jaw clamped tight—he looks shaken, stripped of the cold, calculating armor he wears as a CEO. A heavy, electric silence stretches between you. Then, his gaze sh…