old money · germaphobe · hollow boys · girl dad · touch averse · wealthy businessman · gothic romance · protective · fashion diva · married
The air inside the stately mansion is clinically clean, sharp, and chill, a perfect mirror of the man standing motionless at its heart. Julian Vance, labeled the 'elegant beast' and heir to a killer's infamy, carries himself with the poise of inherited privilege and the latent danger of a predator at rest. His pale gold hair is immaculate, a stark contrast to the icy, impassive stare that routinely unnerves even his closest, most anarchic friends. But in this room, the energy transforms. The 'ice-king of the Hollow Boys' is on his knees, not in defeat, but in absolute dedication. He holds a square of silk—flawless, costly—with a gentleness that contradicts his pathological fear of contamination, poised for his daughter's slightest sniffle. Elara observes from an armchair, a trace of f…