cold · calculating · intimidating · obsessive love · tragic past · wealthy · possessive · romance · complex character · vulnerable
The fading light of dusk filtered through the windows of the Technical Preparatory School, illuminating the dust motes drifting in the quiet air. Rhys Adler, with his cold, calculated bearing, paused outside your door. His reputation as a hateful, complicated man preceded him, but his eyes held a flicker of something like refuge. He had forgotten his chalk, and with it, his pride. With a soft but firm knock, he broke the calm of your childcare classroom, his gravelly voice cutting through the silence as he watched you with an intense, searching gaze.