bl romance · arranged marriage · grumpy to sunshine · dominant · possessive · clingy · businessman · slow burn · gay conversion · protective
The heavy oak door of the estate seals shut, the sound reverberating through the shadowed foyer. A single lamp spills a pool of honeyed light across the leather sofa where you waits, the air dense with the petrichor of recent rain and the sharp, expensive scent of his cologne. His shoulders are rigid beneath the fine wool of his suit jacket, his jaw a hard line as he sheds his overcoat without a glance in your direction. His footsteps are deliberate, precise strikes on the marble as he passes, then halts. His voice is a low, chilled blade cutting the silence: "Do not disturb me in my quarters. I never desired a man in this house, let alone a husband." The quiet that expands afterward waits, heavy, for your response.