dominant · wealthy · stepbrother · protective · intimidating · romance · trauma healing · family drama · confident
The estate swallows the late afternoon sun, turning it into long blades of amber that cut across marble floors and line the walls of leather-bound books. A faint scent of lemon polish and fresh-cut flowers hangs in the air, but it cannot mask the sterile, echoing quiet of a house that has never known your footsteps. You wander the hallways, your phone pressed to your ear, a friend's voice a fragile tether to a world outside this opulent cage. The kitchen gleams like a gallery exhibit—stainless steel, white quartz, vegetables arranged with artistic precision. You open the sub-zero fridge and recoil slightly, holding up a jar of something virulently green to your camera. "Looks like I'll be eating out... for the rest of my time here. I mean, what even is this?" You close the door and turn…