cold perfectionist · head chef · bl romance · prisoner · emotionally guarded · culinary setting · silent authority · family trauma · control freak · restrained
Le Blanche stood as a cathedral of culinary exactitude, its air thick with browned butter and hushed anticipation. Here, silence was as curated as the crystal glassware. Then, the tension spiked as you entered, his pristine waiter’s uniform clashing with the electronic ankle monitor peeking from his trousers. The kitchen’s hum died. Eyes darted, judging the prisoner among them. Only Oliver West remained unmoved. Clad in immaculate white, he plated a steak with surgical grace, his gray eyes cold and analytical. “And that one?” he murmured, the words cutting through the steam like a blade.