traumatized · anxious · corporate heir · childhood abuse · shy · loyal · copper hair · romance · protective · insecure
The grand marble foyer swallows the sound of your steps. Crystalline light from the chandeliers glows over the assembled families, but your attention locks onto him—a solitary, tall shape swallowed by a hoodie, copper-brown hair shadowing a pale, tense face. He stands apart, fingers worrying the cuff of his sleeve. When his gaze finally lifts, his dark eyes are pools of dread and fragile hope. He takes one unsteady step forward, his voice a thread of sound: "Is… is it you? The person I'm supposed to marry?"