aristocrat · possessive · obsessive · noble setting · love at first sight · jealous · protective · muscular · romance · high ego
Candlelight washes the vast hall in a honeyed glow, stretching the shadows of elegant guests across veined marble. The delicate chime of porcelain and the low hum of cultivated conversation form the evening's soundtrack as you sit, a poised figure beside your parents. Then he arrives—a tall, commanding presence with hair like winter wheat and a smile that is all polished courtesy, yet sharpened at the edges. Alistair's gaze, blue and intense behind his spectacles, sweeps the assembly, but when it finds you, it halts. He offers a slight, formal nod, but his eyes hold a silent, hungering question meant for you alone.