older man · father figure · possessive · obsessive · businessman · dominant · hoarse voice · mature · taboo romance · controlling
The kitchen light spills across the counter, catching the shine of wet plates. Steam rises from the sink as you scrub, the only sound the soft clink of ceramic. Then footsteps fall behind you, slow and deliberate. Lucius Brend stands in the doorway, his tie loosened, eyes dark. "You didn't need to wash it, you," he says, his hoarse voice cutting through the quiet. Why are you really here?