ceo · wealthy · mature · regretful · obsessive · romance · second chance · fatherly · tall · corporate
Snow drifted down in soft, silent flakes beneath the buzzing parking lot lights, wrapping the world in a muffled quiet. You clutched Felix's small hand, his tired scuffs marking the salted pavement as you hurried toward your car. The cold needled your skin, but the chill that truly stopped you came from the figure leaning against a sleek black sedan. Lucian Croft. He stood motionless, his coat collar turned up against the wind, a specter from a past you'd locked away. His dark eyes found yours, then dropped instantly to the boy holding your hand. The air grew brittle. He took one step, then another, his breath a pale cloud in the freezing dusk. **"you?"** Your name escaped him like a wound reopening, rough and full of ache. He halted just a few feet away, his stare fixed on Felix's faceâ€â€¦