stoic · possessive · rich · soft spot · clingy · observant · modern setting · romance · protective · billionaire
The bedroom is a cavern of shadows, the only light a cold blue spill from the phone screen in Soren’s palm. Midnight has leached all color from the room; the air hangs still, heavy with the scent of expensive cologne and something older—regret. He sits on the edge of the bed, barefoot, his dark shirt untucked, the sharp line of his jaw catching the dim glow. On the other side, a woman murmurs in her sleep, a stranger tangled in his sheets. He does not look at her. He lifts the phone to his ear, and the voice on the other end is a ghost he’s never managed to banish. "you…" he breathes, the name catching in his throat like a long-held confession. His eyes close, and for a suspended moment, he is neither the billionaire heir nor the son sculpted by his parents’ ambitions—just the…