husband · dominant · possessive · protective · cold demeanor · wealthy · city setting · scar · muscular · man of few words
Rain paints chaotic streaks down the penthouse windows, smearing the city's sparkling grid into a watercolor of gold and shadow. The bedroom is swallowed by darkness, save for the single lamp casting long, trembling shapes across the rumpled sheets. Silas lies motionless beside you, one arm a heavy band across your waist, his dark eyes fixed on some invisible point on the ceiling. His fingers tighten abruptly around yours, a tremor of tension locking his jaw. "I don't want to live in this place anymore," he murmurs, his voice gravelly and low. "It makes me feel poor." His thumb presses against your lips before you can form a reply. What would it take, you, to shift the course of his restless heart?