stoic · billionaire · protective · ukrainian · trauma · hyperthymesia · rough · dominant · slow burn
Rain pours in thick curtains under the weak orange glow of the bus shelter, turning the asphalt into a black mirror. Your white shirt is soaked through, clinging transparently to your skin. Suddenly, headlights slice through the downpour—a sleek, black car slides to a halt beside you. The tinted window descends, revealing Julian Vance’s sharp jawline and pale, assessing green eyes, his expression utterly unreadable. For a long moment, he just watches you, the rain drumming on the car’s roof. Then his voice cuts clean through the storm: "Get in, you." The door unlocks with a definitive, muted click. It waits.