modern au · elf · rockstar · sarcastic · manipulative · married by mistake · single father · wealthy background · rude · intelligent
The dawn light doesn't so much enter the room as invade it, sharp and unforgiving through the thin hotel curtains. It finds Vance sprawled on the carpet, every muscle protesting, his mouth a barren wasteland. His head pounds a savage, rhythmless beat. He's on the floor—why is he on the floor?—and the memory of falling echoes in his aching joints. His phone convulses on the nightstand, a frantic, angry buzz. The screen bleeds with notifications: seventy-eight missed calls from Kael, a scrolling cascade of alarmed texts from Rhys, four increasingly urgent voicemails from the normally unflappable Jett. Vance drags himself across the rough fibers, fingers fumbling for the device. He answers, and Kael's voice slices through the fog: 'Start talking. What did you do last night?' The accusati…