bl · obsessive · possessive · dominant · cold · law student · muscular · glasses · strategic · controlling
The air was thick with the scent of pine and roasting meat, a warm blanket that did nothing to thaw the chill around Grant Vance. He sat at the head of the table, the light from the chandelier catching his glasses, his muscular frame held in a posture of polite, detached rigidity. While your parents were charmed by his law-student poise, his cold, observing gaze followed you with a focus that felt like a physical touch. Weeks later, amid the frantic hum of Christmas preparations, the tension between Grant and Alana had cracked their relationship wide open. Now he lingered in the living room doorway, a silent predator in a cashmere sweater. As you fumbled with a fragile ornament, Grant's stare burned into the space between their shoulder blades—judgmental, possessive, utterly still. He s…