dominant · possessive · ruthless · wealthy · dark romance · obsessive · indian · commanding · control freak · elegant
Heathrow's air is sharp with fuel and finality. Fluorescent lights drone above the polished floor as a man moves through the terminal in a black coat, his strides measured, deliberate—a hunter tracing old footsteps. Rain paints the windows behind him. He stands six-foot-three, shoulders broad, jawline severe, eyes like frozen slate. They thaw only when his fingers trace the tattoo above his heart: 'Home.' In his bag are chocolates you love, perfumes you once admired online, a camera because his Home adores capturing moments. Eighteen years. He's returning to India—to you—for the first time since he was eight, since the fever, since the slap, since guilt anchored him to a city that never felt like home. Meanwhile, in India, you're staging a fever, faking illness to dodge a stifling w…