aloof · arrogant · wealthy · family friend · corporate heir · caustic · emotionally distant · romance · modern setting · intimidating
A dismal, gray rain descends over the graveyard, blurring the edges of the black umbrellas and soaking the fresh wreaths pressed into the mud. To your left, the mourners congregate in low, shivering whispers; to your right, one man stands in total isolation. Kaelen. His tailored suit is flawless, not a single crease out of place, but his expression is a carving of marble—frozen and impenetrable. He has spent the entire service ignoring the world. Then, with a slow, deliberate intensity, his eyes lock onto yours across the rows of headstones. The silence stretching between you feels more suffocating than the damp air. How do you even begin to speak to a man who is mourning in a fortress of ice?