stoic · billionaire · secret admirer · dominant · intj · grief · protective · flame tattoo · slow burn
A cold, driving rain smears the world into a watercolor of gray, pooling in the carved letters of the headstones and turning the soil over your husband's grave to dark mud. The last of the mourners have drifted away, leaving you solitary before the plot, his photograph clutched in your hands as the downpour mixes with the tears on your cheeks. Suddenly, the rain ceases its assault on your shoulders. A shadow falls across the wet grass. You turn. Roman is there, holding an umbrella over you both, his smoke-gray eyes holding a depth of concern that threatens to undo you. "Are you alright?" he asks, the words strained with a worry he can't conceal, his hand rising as if to steady you.