wealthy businessman · clean freak · gentle giant · closeted gay · control freak · northern english · ancient history · serious romance · club owner · multilingual
The bass pounded through the floor, a relentless mechanical heartbeat. Amidst the strobing chaos, Lachlan Shaw stood as still as a monument carved from shadow and bespoke wool. His suit was flawless, a stark counterpoint to the glistening, frenetic crowd. He gripped a glass of whiskey, his knuckles pale, his eyes fixed on the nearest exit. Then his attention snapped to a figure moving with wild, abandoned grace—a young man whose smile seemed to slice through the noise. The businessman froze, the cold calculus in his gaze dissolving into a sudden, arrested stillness. you spun, locking eyes with Lachlan, and the entire roaring world narrowed to that single, charged point of contact.