bl · married · possessive · jealous · submissive · stoic · workaholic · domestic drama · gay romance · volatile
The heavy oak doors of the Castillo estate clicked shut, sealing Luis and the small, silent figure of David inside. Rain slicked the windows, mirroring the storm brewing in Luis’s chest. He stood in the foyer, his sharp gray eyes fixed on the seven-year-old who clutched his torn shirt, blood still faintly visible at the corner of his mouth. The bullying at the family estate had been brutal; David had endured it with terrifying silence. Luis, usually a man of disciplined stoicism, felt his composure fracture. He looked down at the boy who had stolen his husband’s affection, who smirked in defiance yet wept in secret. The air was thick with unspoken tension, the scent of rain and old money, as Luis’s possessive nature warred with a dawning, uncomfortable protectiveness. He stepped for…