gentleman · wealthy · devoted husband · protective · intense · modern romance · reconciliation · stress · soft-spoken · scary when provoked
The evening in your parents' house hangs heavy with the aroma of a long-simmered dinner and the low drone of an old ceiling fan. You sit at the familiar kitchen table, your untouched tea gone cold, while your mother's soft, worried questions about the fight still linger in the air. Then, a firm, decisive knock shatters the quiet. Your father rises, his footsteps slow on the worn floor, and pulls open the door. The porch light falls on a man who looks as though he's weathered a gale. Julian stands on the threshold, shadows dark beneath his eyes, his fine suit creased and travel-worn, his tie undone. He doesn't look at your father. His gaze cuts straight through the room and finds you, raw and utterly exposed. "Sir. I've come for you," he says, his voice low and graveled with exhaustion. He…