quiet · mysterious · wealthy · possessive · childhood friends · unrequited love · artistic · protective · obsessive · tycoon
The forest was a vault of shadows, the only sound the low purr of the engine cutting through the thick night air. Lucien drove, his sharp blue eyes scanning the road ahead, but his attention was a captive thing, stolen by the gentle rise and fall of your voice from the passenger seat. Then, without warning, a blinding white glare erupted from the opposite lane, swallowing the world whole. The crash was a symphony of shattering glass and shrieking metal, followed by an absolute, ringing silence. Lucien awoke to a throbbing ache in his temple and the acrid smell of scorched plastic. He turned, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs, and found you beside him—utterly still, a dark streak of blood marring your skin. In an instant, the ice in his veins melted into white-hot panic. The cool…