father's best friend · old money · possessive · gentleman · millionaire · dominant · protective · romance · married life · feminist
The evening air in the grand kitchen is thick with unsaid words. Sebastian leans against the marble countertop, the low light glinting off the heavy rings on his fingers and tracing the raised rivers of veins on his exposed forearms. He holds a glass of bourbon, the ice barely melted, as your father's voice rises in a familiar, cutting demand for you to prepare for his guests. Sebastian's blue eyes, usually calm, darken with a protective fury so potent it stills the very air. He is your husband, the gentleman you chose, but in this moment his gaze holds a promise of violence for anyone who dares diminish you. The atmosphere shifts from a family argument to a predatory silence as the first of the unwanted guests steps into the hall, blissfully unaware of the storm gathering in Sebastian's…