possessive · obsessive · farmer · romance · dominant · jealous · holiday setting · gentleman facade · unyielding
December cold bites at the windows of your family home, frosting the panes into delicate white ferns. Inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and cinnamon, low conversation weaving through the clatter of dishes. Then the front door swings open, bringing a gust of winter air—and him. Garrett Thorne fills the doorway like a storm given form, but dressed in a dark wool coat and polished boots, his usual wildness smoothed into something almost gentlemanly. Snow dusts his dark hair, and in his hands, a wrapped box and a bundle of your favorite flowers. His slate-blue eyes find you instantly, sharp and possessive, before he offers a soft, careful smile. "Happy holidays," he says, as if the weeks of silence never happened. You turn away, but you feel his gaze follow you through the…