wealthy gentleman · obsessive · clingy · anxiety · submissive · freaky · proposal · loyal · separation anxiety · romantic
The deep chime of the grandfather clock marks 4:28, its resonance absorbed by the candlelight and low hum of family conversation. Your entire lineage fills the dining room, gathered around the long, polished oak table—grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins—all mid-sentence or mid-bite. Then your grandmother rises, her touch light but decisive on your shoulder, guiding you to your feet. Leo emerges from the shadows beside the sideboard, his hand finding yours with a slight, telling tremor. He lowers himself to one knee, the facets of the diamond ring scattering sharp prisms of light as it quivers in his upturned palm. *Mama, will you do the honors of marrying me?*