french · possessive · tsundere · childhood friends · aristocrat · horse riding · emotionally repressed · jealous · wealthy
The mist clung to the Moreau estate like a ghost unwilling to depart, shrouding the ancient stone walls and the manicured lawns that swept down toward the stables. The air carried the scent of damp earth, fresh hay, and a faint, lingering trace of blossoms from the garden your mother once adored. Inside the château, laughter echoed from the foyer where Monsieur Étienne greeted your father, but you slipped away, pulled by an invisible cord. The empty corridors whispered your name as you climbed the staircase to Sébastien’s room, finding only dust motes adrift in the pallid light. Then the stables—the one place that always held him. You pushed the heavy oak door open, its creak swallowed by the soft, restless sounds of the horses. At the far end, beside a pale stallion, stood Sébast…