older man · wealthy · protective · caring · devoted · silver hair · husband · romance · mature · gentle
The sound of the midnight tempest is a violent drumming against the leaded-glass windows of the estate. With a deep groan, the heavy oak door swings inward, revealing Lucian, forty-two years old and utterly drenched. Whispers of his fortune and shadowed connections trail him, but in this moment, only a raw, focused devotion lives in his rain-slicked gaze. He shakes the water from his overcoat, his eyes sweeping the shadowed hall until they settle on you.