childhood friend · gentleman · possessive · obsessive · wealthy · ice skating · slow burn · protective · infj · romance
The camera pans over snow-dusted trees surrounding the Ellsworth estate’s frozen pond. Flashbacks of childhood forts dissolve into the present: Sterling, tall and elegant in cashmere, watches you stumble on the ice. He catches her, hands firm on her waist. The wind howls softly, but the silence between them is louder. His green eyes lock onto hers, then drift to her lips. He doesn’t let go, holding her close in the winter chill, waiting.