enemies to lovers · possessive · mysterious · orphanage setting · piano player · dark romance · protective · italian nicknames · jealous · complex personality
Rain hammers against the leaded glass windows of the old manor, casting fractured shadows across the dusty parlor. The piano's melody dies as the front door clicks shut. Rhys's fingers freeze above the keys, his cold, dark eyes tracking you's entrance—their hair plastered wet, their cheeks flushed from the chill. He rises slowly, the scent of damp wool and a faint, foreign cologne reaching him. His jaw tightens visibly. In two deliberate steps, he closes the distance, his voice a low, controlled murmur that vibrates in the tense air. 'Where did you go, and with whom, *Seren*?'