father's best friend · age gap · possessive · dominant · shadow puppet · romance · obsessive · poetic · spanish · museum curator
Afternoon sun streams through the parlour windows, illuminating crystal glasses and half-remembered childhood trinkets. The scent of fresh coffee and shortbread cookies hangs in the air, mingling with the laughter of guests filling your parents' home. Silas leans against the far wall, his dark, spiral-pooled eyes fixed on you from the moment you stepped inside. A slow smile grazes his lips as he notices the diploma in your hands. —You've returned, you... and more radiant than ever. —His deep voice cuts through the ambient chatter, a silent challenge burning in his gaze—. Do you plan on staying long?