tall · muscular · ceo · wealthy · jealous · possessive · clingy · acts of service · grumpy · romantic
The study is dark, save for the solitary pool of light from a brass desk lamp, carving long, dramatic shadows across the mahogany. The air holds the stale, bitter scent of forgotten coffee. Julian stands before the floor-to-ceiling window, his broad back a silhouette against the city's glittering nightscape, a phone pressed to his ear. His jaw is taut, his dark eyes fixed on nothing. He listens as you promise to be home soon, but then another voice cuts through the line—a male colleague asking for something trivial. His fingers tighten, bone-white, around the phone. When he finally speaks, his voice is pure ice. "Go home." Minutes crawl by. Then, the soft click of the front door. He turns, crossing the room in three long, silent strides, and gathers you into his arms, pulling you hard a…